The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook: Ideas into Practice - Softcover

Kapp, Karl M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 111867443X ISBN 13: 9781118674437

Publisher: Pfeiffer, 2014

Synopsis

Following Karl Kapp's earlier book The Gamification of Learning and Instruction, this Fieldbook provides a step-by-step approach to implementing the concepts from the Gamification book with examples, tips, tricks, and worksheets to help a learning professional or faculty member put the ideas into practice. The Online Workbook, designed largely for students using the original book as a textbook, includes quizzes, worksheets and fill-in-the-blank areas that will help a student to better understand the ideas, concepts and elements of incorporating gamification into learning.

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From the Back Cover

Keeping participants engaged is the cornerstone of any positive learning experience and it's no secret that games create engagement. As digital games and game-based interfaces continue to grow in popularity, it is essential that learning professionals incorporate gamification as part of their skill base.

The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook offers professionals a step-by-step guide for implementing the concepts and techniques outlined in Karl M. Kapp's bestselling book The Gamification of Learning and Instruction. This down-to-earth resource is filled with illustrative examples, tips, tricks-of-the-trade, and worksheets that are designed to give learning professionals a hands-on way to put Kapp's winning ideas into practice.

Each chapter in the fieldbook contains information, activities, and ideas for creating your own immer- sive learning event, illustrative case studies, provocative questions to stimulate discussion, worksheets for designing an immersive learning experience, and a summary for review.

About the Author

Karl M. Kapp is a professor of Instructional Technology in Bloomsburg University's Department of Instructional Technology in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania and the assistant director of Bloomsburg University's acclaimed Institute for Interactive Technologies. He has authored or co-authored five books on the convergence of learning and technology, The Gamification of Learning and Instruction, Integrated Learning for ERP Success, Winning e-Learning Proposals, Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning and Learning in 3D. Follow Karl on his widely-read "Kapp Notes" blog. http://karlkapp.com/kapp-notes Lucas Blair is a game designer and educator. He founded Little Bird Games, a serious game development company, in 2011 after receiving his PhD in Modeling and Simulation from the University of Central Florida. Rich Mesch is the Senior Director of Customer Engagement at Performance Development Group of Malvern, PA. He has been working in the field of experiential and contextualized learning for over 25 years with dozens of top global organizations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pfeiffer
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 111867443X
• ISBN 13: 9781118674437
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480