The Gamification Report Blog

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),...

By Jonathan Peters, PhD
Chief Motivation Officer

In Game Design, we talk about the Magic Circle into which a player steps when they agree to play the game. Inside this circle, the rules and reality of the real world are suspended, and we accept the world of the game.

In video games, it is obvious...

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 so that learners:

1. Take an active...

Monica Cornetti, MS-EDE
President

When designing gamified or game-based learning for adult learners, your create a blueprint or player journey of actions and consequences. For each behavior that you want your player to do within your program, it is now time to think about how you...

Jonathan Peters, PhD
Chief Motivation Officer 

What makes your learners tick? 

Gamified and game-based learning (GBL) design are effective tools to make training engaging and fun, because they use the dynamics of games, such as narrative, collaboration, chance, and...

Are you a business owner, training manager, Chief Learning Officer, instructional designer, curriculum developer, or learning architect? What are your thoughts on learning how to create fun and rewarding gamified experiences to engage employees to achieve the business objectives that are crucial...