Level 1 Virtual Gamification Certification

Equip yourself with the current best-practices in Talent Development to enhance your career.

Soon, you'll be creating and delivering programs that not only engage learners, but you'll also be able to show a clear Return on Investment.

Reserve my spot for October 15!!!

The video below is your invitation to the Level 1 Gamification Certification. 

 

The ONLY Gamification Certification that earns you recertification* credits with HRCI, SHRM, and ATD. 

Description:  This hands-on certification takes you through the 5-step, trademarked and proven process of gamifiying your organizational quest. By following the 5-step plan, you are essentially assured a successful outcome.

Agenda: In this 6-hour certification program you will use a L&D case studies as you overlay the 5-step Game the System™ model for gamification learning design, gather data, and participate in problem-solving and assessment exercises.

Outcome: The goal is to increase learning and engagement through key concepts found in game design and behavioral psychology. By adding game mechanics to training, gamification not only increases interest, it makes training "fun." A well-designed and well-implemented gamification program promotes engagement, meaning, mastery, and autonomy. Upon completion of the Level 1 Certification the Gamification Apprentice will demonstrate an introductory understanding of all components used to apply the Game the System™ gamification design overlay to an L&D program.

Recertification Credits: One Credit, PDC, or Point is awarded for each physical hour of continuing education that meet Recertification Guidelines, a total of 6 for this course. Please review your Recertification Guidelines posted at www.td.org/cplp or www.shrm.org/certification.

 

Are you ready to set sail for your Gamification Adventure? 

Yes, I am. Are seats still available?

Level 1 Gamification Certification Overview

October 15 - November 1

Here's the deets...

Dates of Virtual Sessions:  October 15, 18, 22, 25, 29 and November 1

Time:  TBD on the above dates*, (All sessions will be recorded and available for download)

Approximate Time Commitment: For each session listed above – 1 hour online; 1 hour independent study

Materials Provided:  Game the System™ Treasure Map, Sententia Gamification Starter Card Deck, Case Study, Templates, Totally Awesome Training eBook, gamified learning platform

Method of Instruction:  Virtual Sessions with Gamification Master Craftsmen, gamified learning platform, group discussions and chats, videos, white papers, and other ancillary tools. 

*Based on the locations of enrollees we adjust if needed to best suit the majority of the participants for the majority of the sessions.

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?

Save your spot for the next Level 1 Gamification Certification, and prepare to follow the Gamification Treasure Map to create amazingly interactive and successful training programs.

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Meet Your Guides (virtual and real)

Nick

Monica Cornetti

Jonathan Peters, PhD

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…

 

                  Set sail for only $297

Permission to come board, Captain!