The Gamification Report Blog

 
GamiCon48V Pairing Leaders and Legends for 48-Hours of Online Gamified Learning adult learning corporate training game-based learning gamification instructional design Mar 07, 2023

GamiCon48V ran for 48 CONSECUTIVE hours! Each session stood out with creativity, bursting interaction, and skillful use of playful learning to solve most any design challenge. Participants learned from amazing world-class speakers as they shared and workshopped their creative inspiration and approac...

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5 Steps to Create Successful Gamified Learning Programs corporate training game-based learning gamification instructional design Feb 21, 2023

Jonathan Peters, PhD
CMO, Sententia Gamification

There is an oft-quoted and perhaps overused prediction by Gartner that 80 percent of gamification efforts are destined for failure. (At least that was the prediction in 2014.) Given the prevalence of the Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule), we could say tha...

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How to Survive a 48-hour Virtual Conference adult learning corporate training game-based learning gamification Feb 16, 2023

by Monica Cornetti
GamiCon Gamemaster

Conferences can be a valuable opportunity to network, learn about new trends and developments, and gain new skills and insights. At GamiCon48V, a truly global event, we circle the globe twice over a 48-hour period as we learn and grow with speakers from every co...

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Does Drumming Make You Smarter? adult learning behavioral science game-based learning gamification Jan 05, 2023

Jonathan Peters, PhD
Chief Motivation Officer

12 drummers drumming … we made it!  We are on our final day of our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways! And it is certainly going off with a bang with our 12 drummers drumming. 

My uncle played the drums in high school. He drove my mom nuts. It wasn’t just h...

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What Song Triggers a Memory for You? Jan 04, 2023

When Foreigner’s song Juke Box Hero plays, I’m instantly transported to a camp meeting in British Columbia when I was 14. It was the first time I kissed a girl with braces. Her older sister had a driver’s license and was playing Foreigner while driving us away from the supervision of youth pastors t...

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Are You a Lounger or a Leaper? adult learning behavioral science motivation Jan 03, 2023

Jonathan Peters, PhD
Chief Motivation Officer

Perhaps the bigger question is why would 10 lords be leaping? Is it because of the lizard in the living room? Or a lusty look from a lover? Perhaps they’re competing to be on the leaderboard in a leaping league.  

In learning and development and, to a l...

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Are You Designing Learning Experiences to Include Movement? adult learning corporate training instructional design Jan 02, 2023

Two years ago, I moved about as far south as you can move in the State of Texas. Down here, my life would go more smoothly if I could at least understand spoken Spanish (9 damas bailando), but… 

People who teach language acquisition are perhaps rightfully faultfinding of programs like Duolingo, but...

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