Short presentation about games and gamification.

1. Twitter:@kkapp
By Karl M. Kapp
Bloomsburg University
Gamification of Learning &Instruction
Understanding Games
and Gamification:
Game‐Thinking, Game‐Elements, and
Gamification

2. Related Resources…Related Resources…
Lynda.com Course: Gamification of LearningYouTube Video
Web Site:www.karlkapp.com
Books

3. For:
Notes/Slides
Additional Ideas
www.karlkapp.com
www.karlkapp.com/kapp-notes

4. Let’s Get
Started

5. What game elements and
tools of engagement are
used?

6. Karl M. Kapp
Presents:

7. The Case of the

8. t was a quiet Monday morning, very
quiet, really quiet… almost too…

9. Then, out of nowhere, she flew into my office,
like a boss who had a problem that needed
solved …
Hi Boss.

10. I have a problem that
needs to be solved.

11. We need more
engagement.
She wanted to increase learner
engagement and have more interactive
learning in our company.

12. You came to the right L&D
guy…that’s what I do…

13. Yeah, I know…that’s
why I hired you. Ugh..
Now take the new person here
and go ask Clyde, he went to a
conference on the subject.

14. For some reason, she didn’t seem bothered
by the fact that she was breaking our
organization’s no smoking policy…

15. Here’s where you come in. Help me figure
out the clues …and fast.
Open a separate window
on a web browser,
Go to:
PollEv.com/karlkapp

16. When the poll is active,
click on the answer you
believe is correct.
New questions will appear when the
slides change. Stay on:
www.polleverywhere.com/karlkapp.

17. Ok, first
assignment/question….

18. Choose your disguise…

19. Stakes are high and time is short.

20. Learners are not Engaged? Why?
LEARNING EAGLE
October 30, 2014See Section F for Coupons
Investigation Opened
By Harry James
Las Vegas, NV– It started out as
just another normal day. Larry
the Learner had just sat at his
desk to embark on a learning
journey. A journey that turned
horrific within only a few
moments.
The result is unnecessary
incident that could and should
have been avoided by having
the right instructional strategy
coupled with the right content.
The news of disengagement was spreading…

21. We need to find Ivan…the Informant...

22. I knew one of his old haunts…

23. He was about as friendly as a fly at a fly
strip convention.
Hello, Clueless…

24. Look I am going to ask you some
questions, the right answer gives you
a clue to interactive learning.
He was about as friendly as a fly at a fly
strip convention.

25. What do you and your detectives here have
to say about this?

26. Games and Gamification are the
same thing?
Tell me is this Fact or Fishy?

28. Enter Question TextNext clue, how many types of gamification are
there?

29. There are two types of
gamification.

30. He grabbed his typewriter and made some
notes to explain to me the difference between
the two types of gamification.

31. Structural
Gamification is
use of game-
elements to propel
a learner through
content with no
alteration or
changes to the
content.
Structural:
 Points
 Badges
 Leaderboard

32. Content
Gamification use
of game thinking
to alter content
to make it more
game-like but
doesn’t turn the
content into a
game.
Content:
 Challenge
 Story
 Characters
 Missions

33. Ivan then grabbed his laptop to show me a
demonstration of the two types.

34. First Structural Gamification….

36. Then he demonstrated content gamification....

37. It was a little like déjá vu ….this content
gamification…..

38. It has elements of story, characters and
content that was altered to be more game-like…

39. Ivan had another question for me…I was the
one who was supposed to be ask’n questions….
Learners remember facts better
when presented in a bulleted list or
when presented in a story?

40. Fact or Fishy?

44. Thanks, Ivan.Get out of here….
This mystery of interactive learning was
starting to take shape…

45. Let’s brief the boss on what we know so far…

46. So what have we
learned, tell me in the
chat?

47. So far, so good. Follow the next clue on the
matchbook I found in my desk drawer….

49. I arrived at the place on the matchbook, as
shady as a clump of oaks caught in an eclipse…

50. Enter Question TextHmm… What could this location and clue mean???
Tell me. Does engaging instruction start with:

51. Action draws in the learner and
encourages further engagement.

52. Too often instruction is about the content
and not about interacting or engaging with
the content.

53. Make the learner do something
Answer a question
Identify a procedure.
Make a decision.
Solve a mystery.
Confront a challenge.
Pick a team.

54. Create Open Loops. Ask
Questions.
Law &
Order

55. You can also add elements such as …Novelty
Inconsistency
Complexity
SurpriseIncomplete
information
Unpredictable Future

56. Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics
Scott Freemana,1, Sarah L. Eddya, Miles McDonougha, Michelle K. Smithb, Nnadozie Okoroafora, Hannah Jordta,
and Mary Pat Wenderotha. PNAS Early Edition (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

57. Time for a recap with the boss…she looked a
little frantic…she wanted to know one more
thing.

58. I want to know one more
thing.
What game elements can
engage learners?

59. What game elements did we
encounter today that can
engage learners?

60. Any Others?

61. Great stuff, you folks really seemed to have
cracked the case as to what makes engaging
learning.

62. I thought my work was done but then….I
found another pack of matches on my way
home…

63. But we’ll have to leave that mystery for
another presentation….

64. What game elements and
tools of engagement are used
in this presentation?

66. 1) Story/Genre
2) Polling/Audience Input
3) Teams
4) Mystery/Curiosity
5) Characters
6) Competition
7) Group Particpation
8) Action

67. QUESTIONS?

68. The End

69. Credits:
Detective Artwork Courtesy of Vanessa Bailey
Typewriter is MS Clip Art
Audience Response Devices by PollEverywhere
Demo of Gamification Software by MindTickle