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A Brief History of Role Playing Games - The varied options for character creation and development give us limitless opportunities for facilitating learning which puts us in other people's shoes. [...]
Learning Powered by the Apocalypse - The potential for using these games is immense. We can create games for our learners to play, but we can also invite them to create their own. [...]
Flow Theory in Games and Learning - The term ‘Flow’ is often used in reference to games, as well as in learning settings. It's an important concept within both contexts of games-based learning. [...]
Technology Tree - A Technology Tree (AKA Tech or Research Tree) is a feature in strategy games representing a series of upgrades that a player can make, often through research [...]
Agile / Scrum Terminology for Dummies - For those of us who are not experts in Agile / Lean /Scrum. I have created these definitions, but am no expert, so please let me know if any are not right. [...]
Jane McGonigal – Games Designer and Futurist - McGonigal is known for advocating the development and use of games for tackling real-world problems and for fostering mass collaboration. [...]
Richard Bartle and his Player Types - 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’s Hexad of Player Types - Andrzej Marczewski created the Hexad of Player Types, an extension of Richard Bartle's work, to be more suitable for use in Enterprise Gamification. [...]
Yu-kai Chou’s Octalysis Framework - The Octalysis framework was created by Yu-kai Chou. The Octalysis framework consists of eight Core Drives (CDs) describing human motivation. [...]
Self-Determination Theory of Motivation - A motivation theory which focuses on the idea that human nature features persistent positive traits, and that people consistently display effort and agency [...]