Gameful Webinar
Hey — what are you doing on Sunday? I’m doing this: The concept of Flow has gotten a little overused in game design, but there are still useful insights and subtleties that can be applied to...
View ArticleGameful Webinar – Recording
The recording of the webinar that I did for the Gameful folks has been posted – it’s available here:...
View ArticleWhat are you curious about?
So, my self-appointed mission today is to encourage as many people as possible to go look at the slides from Stephen Anderson’s latest talk about things like curiosity, design, play and experience. So...
View ArticleExtrinsic Motivation and Games
Hey folks, this is a really excellent discussion of the issues and research around using extrinsic rewards as a way to motivate behavior. Chris Hecker is looking at the question through the lens of...
View ArticleWebcast: Using the Psychology of Games for Learning
I should have posted this a few days ago, but I’m doing a webcast tomorrow (Wednesday May 15th, 1pm ET) for ASTD on using the psychology of game design for learning. Talking about some familiar stuff...
View ArticleUsable Learning Busy-ness
Hey folks — am returned from all the San Francisco adventures, and am happy to be home. Now that I have time to draw breath, I’ll actually finish some of those blog posts, but here’s a round up of...
View ArticleGameful Learning – More Sebastian Deterding Goodness
Okay, so I understand that it looks like I just post every Sebastian Deterding presentation on this blog, but really, I don’t. He’s a prolific guy. This one is specifically aimed at design for online...
View ArticleStephen Anderson – From Paths to Sandboxes
Sat in on Karl Fast and Stephen Anderson‘s Design for Understanding workshop at the IA Summit last week, and it was double-plus-good. Here are Stephen’s slides from his IA Summit presentation....
View ArticleSocial Games & Community Development
So I’ve been doing research for a chapter on social and informal learning that I’m adding the second edition, and I’ve been taking a look at some of the resources on social gaming because they know a...
View ArticleNew Book: Play to Learn!
I got a present in my mailbox today — it was the paper copy of Sharon Boller and Karl Kapp’s new book, Play to Learn! I’d already agreed to be a stop on their Blog Book Tour, but it’s lovely to have...
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