Busting the Myths Around Gamification at DevLearn 2016. Note that the bulk of the session is not on the slides but in an interactive gamified experience driven by xAPI. More on the Engage the WORL&D framework: https://rise.articulate.com/share/Gz2LpNDfRdAuxhxm#/?_k=leb9v9

1. Session 310
Busting the Myths
Around Gamification
Zsolt Olah, Performance Development
Group (PDG)
Las Vegas, NV • November 16 – 18, 2016

2. Zsolt Olah
Director, Innovation and Learning Solutions
PDG (Performance Development Group)
• G.A.M.E. (Gameful Approaches to Motivation and Engagement)
Kevin Werbach’s workshop (November, 2015)
• ATD TechKnowledge conference, Las Vegas, NV (January, 2016)
• ATD Philadelphia Regional Conference, Philadelphia, PA (May, 2016)
• ATD Orange County, Santa Ana, CA (September, 2016)
• eLearning Guild’s DevLearn, Las Vegas, NV (November, 2016)
• ATD ICE, Atlanta, GA (May, 2017)

3. Gamification is not about
extraordinary games.

4. “It hurts to laugh. But it’s worth
it.” – New York Post
Life is Beautiful

5. Credit: HBO®
Challenge (before)
Engage (now)
Motivate (1 week)
Inspire (45 days)
CEMI LEARNING

6. Credit: HBO®
CLAP
1 (no clue) – 10 (guru)
What’s Your Mastery Score?

7. G.A.M.E. (Gameful Approaches to Motivation and
Engagement) workshop with Kevin Werbach.
November, 2015
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-ld-gamification-takeaways-from-workshop-
zsolt-olah

8. Definitionis a [beep]

9. Bűvöskocka

10. Not a toy.
A Business Problem.

11. Is Instructional Design
Dead?
Creating courses in the LMS on how
to solve the Rubik’s cube: yes.
Problem Solving & Critical
Thinking for the Business: no.

12. Let’s play! https://www.rabbitoreg.com

13. Engage
the
WORL&D!

14. Gamification
(Motivation)
games
(Fun)
InstructionalDesign
(Learning)

16. G a m e T h i n k i n g
G A M I F I C AT I O N G A M E D E S I G N
I N S T R U C T I O N A L
D E S I G N

17. G a m e T h i n k i n g
ACTION-FOCUSED
CONTENT-FOCUSED
No Gameplay Gameplay

19. User Types
Marczewski, A. (2015). User Types. In Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play: Gamification, Game
Thinking and Motivational Design (1st ed., pp. 65-80). CreateSpace Independent Publishing
Platform.
•ISBN-10: 1514745666
•ISBN-13: 978-1514745663

20. MDA
Design
Framework

21. MECHANICS
What it includes.

22. DYNAMICSHow it works.

23. AESTHETICSWhat it feels like.

24. Karl Kapp (http://karlkapp.com/)
Andrzej Marczewski (http://www.gamified.uk/)
Yu-kai Chou (http://www.yukaichou.com/)
Amy Jo Kim (http://amyjokim.com/)
Monica Cornetti (http://www.monicacornetti.com/)
Jane McGonigal (http://janemcgonigal.com/)
Online courses on gamification:
Karl Kapp (Lynda.com) or Kevin Werbach (Coursera).
Ask Zsolt:
https://twitter.com/rabbitoreg
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zsoltolah1
Resources

25. Feedback!