In any face-to-face learning situation, the facilitator has to consider that they may face dissent from the learners. I used to like to believe that as someone who works with adults, that I wouldn’t have […]
Personal behaviour change is arguably one of the most powerful tools that we have in the fight against environmental challenges, such as Climate Change, ecosystem degradation and overuse of natural resources. Although the contribution of […]
The process of designing learning games should always start with the learning. Games, although they are at the heart of all we do, are just a tool for implementing the outcomes we have already designed. […]
Ecosystem Game from Aprils’s issue of the Magazine – facilitator instructions, team instructions, role cards for teams and suggestions for debrief questions. […]
This is a game played via Zoom, Skype or similar. This game is played according to the ordinary rules of Scrabble, except […]
Dov Tsal at The Growth Hacking Bear has shared links to a demo version of his Meeting Spicer card game. It’s free – just download and print out. […]
Richard Bartle’s taxonomy of player types, from observations of players of Multi User Dungeons. Player types are Killers, Achievers, Socialisers and Explorers […]
Andrzej Marczewski created the Hexad of Player Types, an extension of Richard Bartle’s work, to be more suitable for use in Enterprise Gamification. […]
The Octalysis framework was created by Yu-kai Chou. The Octalysis framework consists of eight Core Drives (CDs) describing human motivation. […]
A motivation theory which focuses on the idea that human nature features persistent positive traits, and that people consistently display effort and agency […]
Many people regard ‘intrinsic’ motivation as being ‘internal’. They similarly conflate ‘extrinsic’ with ‘external’ rewards. The truth is more complex. […]
‘Emotify!’ starts by making its case for game-based learning over lectures and takes a tour through the landscape of game-based learning. […]
This little self-generating game was developed as a response to a challenge to create a game which can be explained in 200 words or less. […]
If you have an idea for training for your business, but don’t know where to start analysing your needs or planning what to deliver, this will help. […]
Lately, games have been used as inspiration for myriads of innovations, implementations, and beneficial missions in all areas of our lives, as never before. Gamification, for example, taps into games with the purpose of positively […]
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