Karl Kapp - The Research Behind Games, Gamification and Immersive Learning Techniques
Release Date: 01/09/2016
Create a Cyber Security Escape Room
The Gamification Quest
My guests are Jamie Phillips, Celia Sellers, and Rebecca Arnett, and our topic is Creating a Cyber Security Escape Room. In this innovative Cyber Security Escape Room event, participants raced against time to thwart a hacker using social engineering, phishing, malware, and more. Designed for the curious, puzzle-loving, adventurous, and competitive, this team-based challenge involved solving 15 cybersecurity puzzles. It encouraged team building and social interaction, with participants either forming groups or being assigned to teams. Key game mechanics included achievement rewards like...
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An Award-Winning, Game-Based Solution to Organization Culture
The Gamification Quest
My guests are Jordan Dyson and Scott Provence and topic is their internationally award-winning project called Walk With Me. A wealth management firm was looking for ways to improve their organizational culture and address risks of declining client-service quality. Jordan and Scott created a two-step, game-based solution for this client: first, employees played a turn-based conversation game with an AI-powered chatbot that and then attended a live 50-minute debrief session where they learned about key empathetic behaviors, discussed their experiences. The program results showed double-digit...
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Gamification for Product Excellence with Mike Hyzy and Bret Wardle
The Gamification Quest
My guests are Bret Wardle and Michael Hyzy, and our topic is their book titled, Gamification for Product Excellence. After years of leading product strategy, management, and development, Mike realized gamification could be the ultimate game-changer for creating engaging products. Seeing an opportunity to share this powerful concept, he channeled his insights into his first book, Gamification for Product Excellence. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Bret is a seasoned Game/Software professional with over 15 years of experience in crafting immersive games, innovative software, and...
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Bernardo Letayf and Roman Rackwitz: 2023 GamiCon48V Pre-Conference Podcast
The Gamification Quest
Bernardo Letayf and Roman Rackwitz are renowned gamification experts on the cutting edge of innovation with their latest project, TABI. With a passion for merging gaming principles with various fields, they bring extensive expertise to the world of technology and engagement. TABI, their groundbreaking software, promises to revolutionize user experiences, education, and employee motivation. Through gamified solutions, Rackwitz and Letayf aim to enhance engagement and productivity in diverse domains. Their podcast interview offers valuable insights into their visionary work, shedding light on...
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Jim Piechocki - Gamifying Amazon AI
The Gamification Quest
In the case of the project that is the topic of today’s podcast, Jim Piechocki woke up a dreadfully dull IT classification process training with a post-apocalyptic superhero story he had pitched years ago to Marvel about The Technicals, an alien race that takes over and outsources Earth. The gameplay: You must learn how to create a keyword class to rescue Amazon and save the planet. About our Guest: Jim is a member of a small but growing breed of ATD-licensed developers who start with the acting talent, the humor, the broadcast-quality imagery, and entertainment value. He worked as a...
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Monica Cornetti: The Imagineering Magic of Disney
The Gamification Quest
Walt Disney assembled a new category of designers, engineers, and artisans called Imagineers. These daring creators continue to balance their technical design chops with imagination, storytelling, and insatiable curiosity. Their blue-sky thinking has resulted in parks, shows, rides, cruise ships, and resorts that don’t just contain stories like a stage in a theater but actively tell those stories. Not a bad goal for your next training program. How can you use the imagineering pyramid in your course design and delivery?
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Augusta University: The AU Victory Cup
The Gamification Quest
As part of a bigger effort to offer an asynchronous, summer faculty development program, the Center for Instructional Innovation at Augusta University developed a 2-part, 6-week program on Multimedia and Motivation in Student Learning. The first half of the program was a 3-week course on the Science of Motivation and Game-Based Learning. The course was NASCAR or stock car race themed with 68 faculty members being divided into “pit crews” of 5 members. Each week (lap) presented the Pit Crews with content and “driving missions” that supported broader learning objectives. About our...
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Tracey Stokely: Using Escape Rooms for New Hire Programs
The Gamification Quest
Paycor wanted an exciting experience to enhance their new hire program. Tracey created a wildly popular escape room game to review their day’s content and promote teamwork.
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Fernando Mendes: Gaminar
The Gamification Quest
With the pandemic, facilitator-led corporate training was pushed to virtual platforms and many companies and freelances were not equipped to deliver experiential learning online.
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What Does it Take to Create an Award-Winning Program?
The Gamification Quest
Many GamiCon participants care about awards and would like to have the prestige that comes with winning an award. But how do you know if your gamified learning solution is award-worthy?
info_outlineGames, gamification and game-based learning have entered into the vocabulary of trainers, eLearning developers and instructional designers around the globe in the past few years. But, while the use of games for learning seems like a good match… there are a lot of questions that arise.
- How should games be integrated into the curriculum?
- Can attitudes and behaviors change from playing a game?
- What elements of games can learning designers borrow from game designers?
The answer to these questions can be found in the research on game-based learning.
In this episode of Gamification Talk Radio, Karl and I discuss:
- How to apply game-based strategies to the presentation of learning content
- Three principles for adding gamification and game-ideas to learning curriculums
- Attributes of games that improve learning recall and application
- How gamification impacts learning design and development
About our guest Karl Kapp:
Karl Kapp, Ed.D., is a researcher, analyst, speaker, professor and designer of instructional games and gamification. He is a full-professor of Instructional Technology at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. where he teaches subjects related to games, gamification and learning technologies. Karl is the Director of Bloomsburg’s Institute for Interactive Technologies which works with organizations to create interactive instruction including games and simulations.
Karl has authored or co-authored six books including The Gamification of Learning and Instruction and its accompanying how-to-book The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook.
Connect with Karl: www.karlkapp.com and on Twitter @kkapp
About Your Host: A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as the #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the Founder and CEO of the Sententia Gamification Consortium and the author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You.
Monica is hired for her skill as a gamification speaker and is considered the best in gamification design for corporate learning.
Connect with Monica on Twitter @monicacornetti, Web: www.monicacornetti.com and www.SententiaGames.com, Email: [email protected]