{"id":6230,"date":"2016-05-15T12:33:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T18:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=6230"},"modified":"2016-05-15T12:33:02","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T18:33:02","slug":"worth-sharing-what-is-gamification-and-why-it-matters-to-ld-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2016\/05\/15\/worth-sharing-what-is-gamification-and-why-it-matters-to-ld-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Sharing: What is Gamification? and Why it Matters to L&#038;D Professionals"},"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><a href=\"http:\/\/learningcircuits.blogspot.ca\/2012\/01\/what-is-gamification-and-why-it-matters.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pac_man-14898.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Now that term is over and\u00a0I get back into writing my <a href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/Gamification\/doku.php?id=main\">Gamification Book<\/a>, here is something to think about. It is similar to \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/07\/21\/seven-key-elements-of-gamification-plus-or-minus-two\/\">Seven Key Elements of Gamification, Plus or Minus Two<\/a> post from 2 years ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGamification is using game-based mechanics, aesthetics and game thinking to engage people, motivate action, promote learning, and solve problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningcircuits.blogspot.ca\/2012\/01\/what-is-gamification-and-why-it-matters.html\">Now, when most people think of \u201cgamification\u201d they think of rewards, points, and achievements and how artificially incentivizing people to do things based solely on rewards is a losing proposition (and most of the time it is), so let\u2019s look at the characteristics of video games that are useful, exciting, and engaging in terms of learning and, it turns out, in terms of video game play. \u00a0<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/learningcircuits.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/what-is-gamification-and-why-it-matters.html\">What is Gamification? and Why it Matters to L&amp;D Professionals<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-6230'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(6230);\" 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(6230);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(6230);\">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>Now that term is over and\u00a0I get back into writing my Gamification Book, here is something to think about. It is similar to \u00a0Seven Key Elements of Gamification, Plus or Minus Two post from 2 years ago. \u201cGamification is using &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2016\/05\/15\/worth-sharing-what-is-gamification-and-why-it-matters-to-ld-professionals\/\">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":[360,352,24],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-6230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book","category-gamification-2","category-teaching-learning","tag-gamification"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1Cu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4801,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/19\/games-vs-game-based-learning-vs-gamification\/","url_meta":{"origin":6230,"position":0},"title":"Games vs Game-based Learning vs Gamification","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"So many people are confused about the differences between these terms. Unfortunately, this article just muddies the waters further. Games vs Game-based Learning vs Gamification | The Upside Learning Blog. It's a great effort, but I'm afraid none of these are quite right.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Book","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/book\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.upsidelearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/games-vs-game-based-learning-vs-gamification-key-differences.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.upsidelearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/games-vs-game-based-learning-vs-gamification-key-differences.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.upsidelearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/games-vs-game-based-learning-vs-gamification-key-differences.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2329,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/17\/gamification-are-badges-and-points-enough-will-monetary-rewards-fix-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":6230,"position":1},"title":"Gamification: Are Badges and Points Enough? Will Monetary Rewards Fix It?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Badges, points, and leaderboards: Is Gamification good or bad? The short answer is: YES. Part of the problem is that some people who are jumping on the gamification bandwagon don't actually know much about games. Like a great many other fads, gamification is viewed by some as a panacea -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6141,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/11\/29\/worth-sharing-how-rewards-kill-our-creativity-yu-kai-chou-gamification\/","url_meta":{"origin":6230,"position":2},"title":"Worth Sharing: How Rewards kill our Creativity &#8211; Yu-kai Chou &#038; Gamification","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"November 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"So the question is, how do we deal with this in a course setting, where the rewards are marks? How Extrinsic Motivation kills our Creativity (Below is a snippet of Gamification Book: Actionable Gamification \u2013 Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards.\u00a0If you like this blog post, you will LOVE the book.)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gamification&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gamification","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/gamification-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5946,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/11\/01\/worth-sharing-gamification-separating-fact-from-fiction\/","url_meta":{"origin":6230,"position":3},"title":"Worth Sharing: Gamification: Separating Fact from Fiction","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"November 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Game-Based Learning \/ Gaming \/ Learning \/ Social Learning While this isn't a new article, it's one worth repeating. The 4 Myths described by Kapp are: Gamification and Games are the same. Gamification alienates older learners. There is no science behind gamification. Gamification is about points, badges, and leaderboards. Source:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2133,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/04\/24\/learnlets-kapps-gamification-for-learning-and-instruction\/","url_meta":{"origin":6230,"position":4},"title":"Learnlets \u00bb Kapp\u2019s Gamification for Learning and Instruction","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"April 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Clark Quinn has written a well considered review of a new book on Gamification. It's nice to see more people getting past all the superficial gamification hype. There's some good stuff here. Learnlets \u00bb Kapp\u2019s Gamification for Learning and Instruction.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6501,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2017\/08\/05\/5-mistaken-differences-between-education-games-and-the-gamification-of-education\/","url_meta":{"origin":6230,"position":5},"title":"5 mistaken differences between education games and the gamification of education","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"And 12 ways in which these ideas are problematic. Gamification is generally defined as the use of game design elements in non-game contexts. Fair enough. But this is pretty much where the article goes off the rails. (She's not alone). 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