The Gamification Report Blog
by Monica Cornetti
Chief Engagement Officer, Sententia Gamification
My adventure into the world of gamification for learning began in the summer of 2012 when I received a call from a client asking me to develop a Creative Thinking Workshop for her managers using gamification. She said to me, "I know...
Training and eLearning awards and industry recognition are a well-established part of the Learning & Development community.
But while it's exciting to win big at an awards ceremony, you may be wondering whether they're worth the hard work and time that it takes to enter.
Awards and the recognition...
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... It is really a way of...
Monica Cornetti, President, Sententia, Inc
We all know that stories are a great way to engage an audience, yet it seems so few people actually study and use the tool in a manner that truly impacts their audience.
So what does it actually take to create a story that is not only engaging but also...
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...
by Jonathan Peters, PhD
Chief Motivation Officer
Probably because of my sense of humor, or maybe because I have a high motivation for Curiosity, but the game mechanic of Easter eggs is one of my favorites.
For readers unfamiliar with the use of the term (not the eggs you painted as a child), the g...
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:
- Take an active ro ...