To Game or Not to Game: That is the Question

Unlock the power of gameplay in your learning designs!

Video games, in various forms, have slowly crept into the zeitgeist since Atari burst onto the scene in 1981 with its Atari 2600 home game console. Games are popular because they bring enjoyment, pleasure, and intrinsic motivation that supports continued play. A well-designed game can captivate a player for hours at a time and produce a level of engagement in the player that L&D professionals seek for their learners. The challenge comes in how to successfully harness this engagement created by entertaining video games and duplicate it into engagement in eLearning design.

Join Don Becker for this 90-minute “Learn Something New” session where Don helps us explore purposeful gamification by battling through the Game Theory and Design Gauntlet, swimming through the Swamp of Misconceptions, leaping over the Wall of Assessments to reach the Octalysis Framework.

This program qualifies for a maximum of 1.5 APTD/CPTD points.

In this session, Don will cover five parts:

• Game Theory
  • What is Gamification?
  • Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (intrinsic and extrinsic motivations)
  • Self-Determination Theory (Deci &Ryan)
  • Chau’s Core Motivation Drivers
  • Bartle’s Four Player Types
• Game Design
  • Digital Storytelling (7 Story Archetypes)
  • Tools of the Trade
    • Storyline (Canva, Freesound)
    • Rise
• Addressing Misconceptions
  • Gamification works for everything
  • Gamification works for nothing
  • Gamification is only leaderboards, points, and badges
  • Everyone games the same way
• Effective Assessments
  • The Jeopardy Model
  • Game Board Model
  • Choose Your Own Adventure/xAPI
• Octalysis Framework
  • Left Brain vs. Right Brain Core Drives
  • White Hat vs. Black Hat Gamification
  • Using the Octalysis Tool

Be prepared to think through your own gamification plans and structure to work through both game dynamics and mechanics.

Can’t attend live? We’ve got your back. 

All LSN resources will be available (for those who register) on the resources page for 14 days after the LSN concludes. This includes:

✔️ Live video

✔️ Video transcript

✔️ Resources that were referenced

✔️ Suggested Books

If you want full 24/7/365 access to all the resources, including past LSN and Coffee Chats, consider joining the Learning Rebels Community. 

Learning Rebels LLC has been pre-approved by the ATD Certification Institute to offer educational programs that can be used towards initial eligibility and recertification of the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credentials. This program qualifies for a maximum of 1.5 points.

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