The Gamification Report Blog

Schedule a Virtual Watch-Party May 25, 2022

THERE’S NOTHING BETTER than attending a conference with co-workers and colleagues. But, for many, travel is either still on hold or they have made a personal decision to continue limited contact with those outside their immediate household. And yet, you miss the energy of the in-person...

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Playful Design is Serious Business adult learning corporate training gamification instructional design Apr 28, 2022

Monica Cornetti, MS-EDE
President

A great deal of research has concluded that play-based learning is genuinely and positively impactful on learning and development, and one can argue that humans learn best when at least one of these four provisions are present and that learners:

  1. Take an active...
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Gamification 101: How the Game is Played adult learning business objectives corporate training e-learning gamification instructional design Apr 26, 2022

The reality is…

  • People enjoy playing games
  • Popular games inspire extreme loyalty
  • People are motivated by gaming reward and achievement systems
  • Therefore, if non-games are made more game-like, we’ll be more likely to ‘play’ them

Gamification does NOT equal technology......

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Top 5 Reasons to Use a Learning Journal adult learning corporate training gamification instructional design Apr 19, 2022

A learning journal is a collection of notes, thoughts, drawings, sketches, observations, and kept in a collected space (such as a notebook) to enhance your learning, make connections, and build upon prior knowledge. I LOVE beautiful learning journals!

The premise behind keeping a journal is...

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The Rhetoric of Super Bowl Ads (and what that might mean for learning programs). corporate training gamification instructional design Feb 09, 2022

Jonathan Peters, PhD - Chief Motivation Officer, Sententia

As I write these words, directly behind me are two shelves of books dedicated to copywriting and persuasion. I would guess that most of them pay homage to a book written almost 2400 years ago (which is sitting in another section over my...

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It All Started with Nick... adult learning corporate training instructional design Jan 31, 2022

The Sententia Gamification Certifications are based on a trademarked and proven framework for gamifying adult learning programs.

And because story plays such an integral part in successful and engaging design, we start our adventure with the story of Nick. And it goes like this...

Meet Nick,...

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Are You Asking the Right Questions to Get the Right Answer? business objectives corporate training Jan 26, 2022

Monica Cornetti, President, Sententia, Inc

Have you ever thought about how you make decisions? Do you end up in “trouble” because your choices left the people around you asking, “What were you thinking?” 

The truth is, you probably weren’t thinking –...

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