Engagement — News in Games-Based Learning

Water Closets and the Gamification of Learning

As Infants, we experience the greatest explosion of learning of our lives, we learn a language, we learn to walk and to gain and perfect gross and fine motor skills, and we learn social skills. The particular concern in learning is that bored learners will not engage, so we have to spend more time, effort and money to inject some fun back in - to gamify the learning to ensure that it is consumed.

gamificationDave EngAugust 12, 2022Engagement, gamification, learning, schools, workplace learning, newsComment

Learning Games – The Challenge of House Rules

The rules of a game are arbitrary and the Lusory Attitude involves acceptance of these rules. These rules constitute, in part, the 'obstacles' that the player will encounter. Anybody who plays games socially has probably come across the idea of 'House Rules' - unofficial modifications to the rules of a game that are played by specific groups of people.

gamesDave EngJuly 15, 2022Engagement, gamification, quests, workplace learning, newsComment

Why Learning Makes Great Games

In the world of games-based learning and gamification, we frequently see research on the efficacy of using games in learning applications, or articles and posts extolling the virtues of this approach. The ability to fail quickly, get timely feedback and experiment with different approaches until you get it right, are, after all, characteristics of games which makes them so suitable for learning.