instructional design — Experience Points

Episode 114 Jenny Varrichio on Applied Games for Corporate L&D

In this episode of "Experience Points" by University XP, host Dave Eng interviews Jenny Varrichio, an associate director of training at United Healthcare with expertise in instructional design, particularly gamification for adult learners. Jenny shares her 15 years of experience, focusing on integrating gamified elements into corporate environments. The conversation covers her diverse design experiences, her doctoral research on formative game-based activities for workplace learning, and the launch of her consultancy, "Learning Mechanic." The episode concludes with Dave Eng announcing the upcoming launch of Learning Mechanic and encouraging listeners to explore a free course on gamification.

gamification, jenny varrichioDave EngJune 23, 2024gamification, instructional design, online learning, formative assessment, jenny varrichioComment

Episode 12 Structure Gamified Learning

On today’s episode we’ll cover structuring your gamified learning. Structuring learning is one of the hardest things for an instructor to do. Sometimes that means reusing a syllabus. Other times you have to fit 16 weeks’ worth of content into 10 weeks.

games based learning, learning outcomesDave EngJuly 10, 2020games, games-based learning, instructional design, learning outcomesComment

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