Tag Archives: Game Based Learning

Gamification In Learning

Abhijit Kadle | Game Based Learning | 2,371 Views | November 14, 2012 | 3 comments

There has been so much buzz around gamification recently that it can be difficult to separate the hype from the reality. With clients asking the first questions about gamification, in this post I’m attempting to draw some lines around gamification in learning. First off, as I understand it, gamification in learning means attempting to apply the principles that make individuals play games for thousands of hours. Gamification is not ‘gaming’, we needn’t create digital games costing thousands of dollars and hours to benefit.

Bending The Rules

Abhijit Kadle | Upside Learning | 341 Views | February 13, 2012 | 2 comments

Bending The Rules This weekend, one of my parents reminded me that I got my first digital game console exactly thirty years ago, the Atari 2600. I'd been playing simple games on my dad's Apple II, but the Atari console was a totally different experience. Different because first you hooked up to a TV screen, and second, loading software was as easy as swapping cartridges and resetting the console. Also, the consoles' ability to allow competition against another human opponent using a second controller was quite novel at the time. When I loaded up Missile Invaders for the first time, it was gamer heaven.

Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning is Wrong

Abhijit Kadle | Game Based Learning | 788 Views | February 6, 2012 | 1 comment

elearning Admit it, didn’t the title of this post catch your eye? Coming back from vacation and digging into my feeds I found this interesting article from Wired – Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning is Wrong. While the title makes a sweeping statement, I found that’s not what the article is really about. Perhaps the reporter needed to relearn a thing or two and forget a few too. As an instructional designer, there is a lot of common sense in this article that I directly apply to creating learning solutions. However, there are two really interesting points that caught my attention and linked back to some ideas I had written about before (you can read those here and here).

5 Top Game Based Learning Links: GBL Digest 2

Aneesh Bhat | Game Based Learning | 1,924 Views | February 1, 2012 | 6 comments

‘Gamification’ is a term that one comes across very often. Some of us love it, some of us might even hate it; but nobody can ignore it!

As gamification gradually finds its way into the realm of education, more and more educators are voicing their criticism or admiration for it. Despite the criticism, the gamification of education is here to stay.

This week, we take a closer look at ‘Gamification’ and what various L&D professionals think about it. Below are our top 5 GBL links from this week. Read them, share them or bookmark them.

3 Top Game Based Learning Links: Weekly GBL Digest – 1

Aneesh Bhat | Game Based Learning | 766 Views | January 6, 2012 | 3 comments

With our increasing focus on Game Based Learning, each week sees us sharing interesting articles and resources about Game Based Learning on varied social networking platforms. While many of you follow us on Twitter and Facebook, we do realize that keeping a track of all the tweets/ posts, given the high proliferation and dynamic nature of information, is difficult, to say the least.

Hence, to ensure that you do not miss out on all the great links we share and also with a view to building a knowledge repository, every week, we shall be publishing a quick summary post of our best shared material from the week before.

What eLearning Should Learn From Games

Abhijit Kadle | eLearning | 840 Views | December 27, 2011 | 1 comment

Game Based Learning Showcase: Physicsgames.net

Aneesh Bhat | Game Based Learning | 820 Views | December 22, 2011 | Write the first comment

The Gamification Of SAP

Abhijit Kadle | Upside Learning | 1,129 Views | September 19, 2011 | 4 comments

Gaming In Ten Years

Abhijit Kadle | Game Based Learning | 588 Views | August 25, 2011 | Write the first comment

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