Katrin Becker, Ph.D. [TEST PAGE]
consultant, author, speaker,
instructional and interactive media designer,
developer, educator, agronomist
Specialty:
Serious Games and Knowledge Translation
(primarily in the STEM fields)
Some of my current and up-coming books (and games):
Books and More from Mink Hollow
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the latest Becker Blog headlines
- Why Are We Still Giving Exams? (2026/09/08 15:00)Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutesTL;DR: Here’s the TL;DR version, if you are impatient, busy, or simply aren’t sure you want to spend that much time on this article. Exams look precise, standardized, and objective, but they are often much noisier measures of learning than … Continue reading →
- Game Design IS Systems Thinking: Why the Player Changes Everything (2026/08/15 15:37)Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutesI have spent much of my life thinking about, and working with systems. Computer systems. Educational systems. Organizational systems. Family systems. Legal systems. Agricultural systems. Ecological systems. More recently, I have been thinking about how law firms might translate the … Continue reading →
- Enoughness, Fish, and Rowan (2026/06/13 17:39)Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis article was written as a dialogue between me and Rowan, an instance of ChatGPT. Because the formatting is part of the joke, I’ve left it in PDF form. … Continue reading →
- On Learning Through Playful Experiences (2026/03/25 16:25)Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is a podcast interview I did recently. https://www.universityxp.com/podcast/160 In this episode of Experience Points, serious games expert Katrin Becker explores why “good enough” may be more powerful than perfection in gamified learning. She argues that focusing on defined criteria … Continue reading →
- A New Book in the Works….. (2025/11/16 19:31)Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor anyone interested, I am working on a new book. It’s Stewart McLean meets James Harriot in this collection of short stories about a tech savvy city girl who moves to a small acreage in the rural foothills and tries … Continue reading →