Karl Kapp: Focus on the Learner
Karl Kapp: Focus on the Learner
Karl Kapp: Focus on the Learner
By Karl Kapp
June 2, 2020
Summary
During the Association for Talent Development's Virtual Conference, author and Bloomsburg University professor Karl Kapp in his live session answered an array of questions about getting started with microlearning and gamification, about tools and platforms, and about gaining buy-in.
Ahead of the session, facilitated by Ryan Changcoco, senior manager for ATD's Management and Healthcare Communities of Practice, conference attendees were encouraged to listen to two on-demand sessions by Kapp: "Beyond Gamification: Think Like a Game Designer to Create Engaging, Meaningful Instruction" and "Microlearning-Short and Sweet: Making Microlearning Work in Your Organization." The latter was co-facilitated with Robyn DeFelice.
Of both gamification and microlearning, when asked about getting started, Kapp advised L&D professionals to consider learning objectives and to focus on the learner.
When using extrinsic motivational rewards such as those, explained Karl Kapp in "Beyond Gamification," you continually have to up the reward.
Also in the "Beyond Gamification" session, Kapp detailed how L&D professionals can use such tools as fantasy, failure, mystery, challenge, and choice in a game setting to grab learners' attention and desire to learn.
Learners will be motivated when they have autonomy, mastery, and relatedness, Kapp noted, and this was a theme he echoed during his live session.
To secure buy-in from stakeholders on gamification, Kapp suggested not selling it as such but pitching it as an activity that will engage, is measurable, and will lead to positive end results.
When developing their definition of microlearning, Kapp and Defelice-as Kapp noted in the live session-were careful not to put an exact amount of time, such as three or seven minutes, on what constitutes microlearning.
Further, Kapp and Defelice explained the types of microlearning: primary, preparation, pensive, performance, persuasive, post-instruction, and practice-based learning modules.
Amid asking questions of Kapp, attendees from around the world offered each other resources, tools and platforms, and best practices of their own, in addition to networking together.
Reference
Kapp, K. (2020, June 02). Karl Kapp: Focus on the Learner. Retrieved June 03, 2020, from https://www.td.org/insights/karl-kapp-focus-on-the-learner