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 …
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Video – Meaningful Play: Getting Gamification Right
This Google Tech Talk from Sebastian Deterding is the best thing I've seen so far on the topic of gamification. It's 50 min, but so worth the …
Why don’t they teach Instructional Designers this stuff?
Update 1/25/16: Extra Credits has moved - all the episodes can now be found here: The best place to find them is on youtube. Here's their design playlist. So, I write about games a lot on this …
The Learner’s Journey
So I just bumped into Amy Jo Kim's Gamification Workshop 2010 slides (via Sebastian Deterding). Amy Jo Kim is another of my professional crushes (she's awesome), and there's loads of goodness in the …
I can put on this tiara, but it won’t make me Wonder Woman (Gameification)
So, one of the biggest issues with games for learning, is that there's this weird logic out there: Um...no, not necessarily... As I allude in the title of this post, I can put on the Wonder Woman …
Are Learning Games More Like Movies or Like Sports?
So, this came from a comment I made on Simon Bostock's post Disappointment and Dysludia, and it's something that I'm curious about. So are educational games movies or sports? By that, I mean: …
Game-like Engagement for Learning [Slides]
Here are my slides from my Learning Solutions 2010 presentation: [slideshare id=3874696&doc=gamelikeengagementforlearning-100427153917-phpapp02] (btw - the title came from a workshop length …
ID Webcomic #3 – Just Like Riding a Bike
Okay, I haven't done one of these in a while. Figured I was due for one, and I promised this to @DoctorZen. Some Related Stuff: Boredom: Bug or Feature? Creating Meaningful Experiences by …
Game Making for Learning
So here's my pitch for not making learning games for students, but rather getting them to make those games for you. It's less work, more fun, and potentially a better learning experience for …