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...
Jonathan Peters, PhD, CMO, Sententia
“As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado… Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.” ― David Mamet, Glengarry Glen Ross
I was young when arcades appeared. My parents didn’t give me spending money, so some time passed bef...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 that in...
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 rig...