The video below is a replay of The Successful Gamification of eLearning Courses for Higher Ed webinar that aired July 27, 2017

 

Would you like to continue the Gamification Adventure. Check out the video below as well as the Certification  agenda. We'd love it if you'd join us. 

Level 1 Gamification Certification

Module 1: Define Learning Objectives... The Fundamentals of Fun!

  • Define your measurable business objectives
  • Determine how Gamification will help you to achieve your objectives
  • Communicate why you are gamifying this project or process 
  • Identify what you want your players to do
  • Classify the target behaviors that will help you reach your objectives
  • Calculate the metrics (KPIs) you will use to measure these behaviors

Module 2: It's Story Time - Create an Epic Adventure

  • Frame and wrap your quest in a spellbinding story
  • Access public domain stories to find characters that you can use to build your storyline
  • Experience The Story Coaster, Joseph Campbell's Monomyth, and Rory's Story Cubes 
  • Weave analogies and stories to make the training stickable, so that players remember facts and transfer skills to real world scenarios 
  • Create a narrative thread that pulls through the entire game 
  • Craft a compelling storyline using the four elements of a story: characters, plot, conflict, and resolution

Module 3: Design Variety into Your Activities

  • Create the right mix of ingredients in your learning activities to allow the participants to acquire knowledge and skill, rather than merely receive them 
  • Strategically place learning activities in the overall sequence of events 
  • Build relevant, challenging, and fun activities so participants want to interact with the facilitator and each other 
  • Set up a discussion or debrief for the participants after completing each learning activity 
  • Identify next steps that the participants need, should, or want to take after completing the activity 
  • Design activities to double-check that learning has occurred

Module 4: Add the Game Design and Mechanics

  • Identify the game elements you will use (points, badges, leaderboards, etc.) 
  • Implement game mechanics to motivate your players 
  • Mix the appropriate amount of competition, collaboration, group and individual quests, challenges, and achievements to earn points, badges, and other rewards 
  • Give different kinds of feedback that will encourage the players continued action 
  • Deploy your system (Ex: no-tech, low-tech, additional programming on existing website, mobile devises, etc.) 
  • Pull together the talent you need on your team to implement your project

Module 5: Tally up the Aesthetics So They Wanna Play!

  • Label the feelings and emotions you want your players to experience 
  • Construct a consistent, attractive - even charming and captivating - cohesiveness that ties the entire project together 
  • Create an overall design that appeals to different senses - touch, sight, and sound - using colors, designs, textures, and manipulatives 
  • Design props, badges, chance cards, and rewards that are not only fun for users to earn, but also fun to look at 
  • Tie everything back to the other four levels, especially the business objectives 
  • Answer the question: Is it fun?

Are you ready to set sail for your Gamification Adventure? 

Yes, I am. Are seats still available?

Is NOW the time to take your Professional Development to the Next Level?

When you earn your Level 1- Gamification Apprentice Certification you will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of gamification as it applies to the 5-step process of gamifiying an organizational quest (training and development program). You will have completed the basic training in the 5-step Game the System™ model for gamification learning design, gathered data, participated in problem-solving exercises, analyzed case studies, and added your personal experiences to the exploration process.

And it all begins today…

Meet Your Guides (virtual and real)

Nick

Monica Cornetti

Jonathan Peters, PhD

                  Set sail for little as $250

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