{"id":5878,"date":"2015-10-10T09:02:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T15:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=5878"},"modified":"2015-10-10T09:02:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T15:02:21","slug":"worth-repeating-deterdings-9-5-theses-on-the-power-and-efficacy-of-gamification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/10\/worth-repeating-deterdings-9-5-theses-on-the-power-and-efficacy-of-gamification\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Repeating: Deterding&#8217;s 9.5 Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Gamification"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>There seems to be continued confusion about the distinctions between games, gamification, and game based learning. This talk by Sebastian Deterding is now several years old, but it&#8217;s as relevant now as it was then. This talk focuses on gamification; what it is, what it isn&#8217;t and what is needed for meaningful gamification.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/apps\/video\/default.aspx?id=174677&amp;r=1\" target=\"_blank\">The embedded video below is only part of it. Go to the original site here to see both the talk and the slides simultaneously.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 480px; overflow: hidden; border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/apps\/video\/ifVideo.aspx?id=174677\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5461\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gamification-300x205.png\" alt=\"gamification\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gamification-300x205.png 300w, http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gamification-1024x701.png 1024w, http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gamification.png 1073w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>If you are interested in following my course\u00a0journal, watch for the &#8220;Gamification 101&#8221; heading.<\/p>\n<p>Also, for more information on gamification, <a href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/Gamification\/doku.php\" target=\"_blank\">check out my website here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-5878'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5878);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5878);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(5878);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>There seems to be continued confusion about the distinctions between games, gamification, and game based learning. This talk by Sebastian Deterding is now several years old, but it&#8217;s as relevant now as it was then. This talk focuses on gamification; &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/10\/worth-repeating-deterdings-9-5-theses-on-the-power-and-efficacy-of-gamification\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,9,352,369,81,24],"tags":[126,387,16],"class_list":["post-5878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-educational-technology","category-gamification-2","category-higher-education","category-information-technology","category-teaching-learning","tag-gamification","tag-gamification-101","tag-instructional-design"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1wO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5866,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/08\/gamification-10118-end-of-week-three\/","url_meta":{"origin":5878,"position":0},"title":"Gamification 101[18]: End of Week Three","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This is Part 18 in my continuing saga of my current iteration of a gamified course. 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