Application
Play, Learn, Speak: How Games Transform Language Learning
Language learning is big business. Games-based learning and gamification have emerged as powerful tools to engage learners and enhance language acquisition […]
Year: 2023
Show & Tell
Ipsodeckso – Coaching Spectrum Deck
The Coaching Spectrum Deck is a tool for training coaches on the spectrum of coaching activities on a scale from ‘directive’ to ‘non-directive’. […]
design process
How do I Adapt Games for Learning?
Games-based learning is the use of games as a medium for learning. As such, educators often need to adapt existing games as vehicles for teaching and learning. […]
design process
Core Game Mechanisms and the Paper Prototype
When we design a board game, the core mechanisms, and paper prototypes are the key to continuously providing feedback and improving the game, and making it fun. […]
Show & Tell
Agile SWOT – A Game to Introduce Agile
This game is intended not only for Agile coaches, but for people who may be new to Agile, and looks at the main concepts through the lens of a SWOT analysis. […]
The Ludogogy Podcast
Stefan Köhler on Modding and Narrative Design
Stefan likes to work at the intersections of different fields, combining experiences in modding and writing (about) games with an interest in various topics. His main quest is to understand and envision how humans are able to learn, yet also to (creatively) express themselves in media – especially through games.
Show & Tell
Luna Uni – An RPG for Mastering Writing
Luna Uni offers more than just writing. As we discover during this chat, it also unlocks Social and Emotional Learning, Critical Thinking and much more. […]
design process
Create Games Faster and Smarter with Generative AI
In game design, AI can be used for a range of purposes, at every stage from concept to implementation. This looks at the first stages – Concept to Prototyping. […]
Ideas
Building Soft Skills in Games
Games are capable of helping students learn any number of different skills more intuitively than they would from traditional classroom instruction. […]
The Ludogogy Podcast
Mohsin Memon on Transversal Skills
Next on our podcast is our good friend Mohsin Memon! Mohsin is passionate about creating games that help people learn and change through immersive experiences. His flagship game Evivve leads teams through the process of saving, or not saving the human race, and unlocks all sorts of insights about the way they are working, along the way.
Show & Tell
Ipsodeckso – The Sanctuary Deck
This Diversity and Inclusion deck and a glimpse into a possible future where humanity in a desperate bid for survival, has sought sanctuary amongst the stars. […]
design process
Gamification is Harder than Games
currently, games have little to gain from gamification. In most cases, it isn’t necessary for game designers and developers to get interested in gamification. […]
experiment
Resisting the Purge – LinkedIn as a Game Platform
Can anything be a game? I think the answer is probably ‘Yes’, and I want to try out the idea that ‘real-life’, e.g. work, can be deliberately designed gamefully […]
Application
Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) with Tomo Club
Games are an effective way to cultivate SEL (social-emotional learning) skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and communication. […]
design process
The Bots Are Coming – Let’s Have Some Fun!
Midjourney and ChatGPT are powerful AI tools that have the potential to revolutionise both the game and learning design process. Let’s see what they can do. […]