Gamification of Learning: Am I the Only Idiot here?
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…who does not understand the difference between Gamification Game-Based Learning and Game Thinking? Am I the only idiot… Let’s connect: @rabbitore
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…who does not understand the difference between Gamification,Game-Based Learning and Game Thinking?
Am I the only idiot…Let’s connect: @rabbitoreg
Thiagi’s words:
“For a long time I thought I was the only idiot who got confused by the terms gaming, game-based training, and gamification.”
“Once upon a time, there was an enchanted forest, where @Grandma, @LittleRed and @Mr.Hunter lived…”
“Not happily. The declining forest economy…”
“And the high animal disengagement forced them to re-enter the workforce…”
“So they reinvented themselves…”
Instructional Forest Designer
Gamification Forest Guru
Game Forest Designer
“They had one common goal: to boost animal engagement in forest learning.”
Instructional Forest Designer
Gamification Forest Guru
Game Forest Designer
“But the animals got more confused than ever… Except the pig.”
Instructional Forest Designer:ADDIE or SAM?!
Gamification Forest Guru:Points, Badges and Leaderboard!!
Game Forest Designer:MDA!
IDIOTS!
“They get together to discuss their observations…”
“The animals all passed the SCORM trade test at school (except the pig)…”
Instructional Forest Designer
“But forgot everything in the field. They just wanted to play all day. Except the pig...”
Game Forest Designer
“While they were motivated by food for the first month, they hated the gamified race after. Including the leaderboard (except the pig)…”
Gamification Forest Guru
“What’s up with this pig?”
“In desperation, the trio hired a Game Thinking consultant. To pick his brain.”
“The consultant suggested moving from the current, content-driven to a new, action-driven approach. And he did…”
Motivation Fun
Learning
Instructional Design
Gamification Game Design
Instructional Design
Gamification Game Design
Game Thinking: the art and science of motivation and engagement via applied game
element and design. Follow the arrow!
Instructional Design
Gamification Game Design
G a m e T h i n k i n g
Think Game Thinking as a continuum. The more game elements you’re adding to
learning, the more it feels like a game.
Gamification Game Design
G a m e T h i n k i n g
Stru
ctur
al
Gam
ifica
tion
Content
Gamification Gamified Assessments Learning/Serious
Games
ACTION
CONTENT
No Gameplay Gameplay
Instructional Design
Check out Karl Kapp, Andrzej Marczewski, Yu-Kai Chou, Monica Cornetti and Amy Jo Kim.
Gamification Game Design
G a m e T h i n k i n g
Stru
ctur
al
Gam
ifica
tion
Content
Gamification Gamified Assessments Learning/Serious
Games
ACTION
CONTENT
No Gameplay Gameplay
Instructional Design
Your learning/performance objectives should define the direction (angle of
arrow)! Think ACTION, not CONTENT!!
“What about that pig, who does not like playing games? Yet, he’s on top of the gamification leaderboard?”
What pig?
“Make sure your gamification approach is well balanced for all user/player types.”
…who thinks that your worst game thinking effort you’ve actually done is better than the perfect one you’ve never had?
Am I the only idiot…
Let’s connect: @rabbitoreg
