Gamification of Learning and Instruction Game-Based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education

Name: Gamification of Learning and Instruction Game-Based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781118096345

ISBN-10: 1118096347

ISBN-13: 9781118096345

Edition: 2012

Authors: Karl M. Kapp

List price: $45.00

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Sell

Get cash fast!

Semester Rental: $19.09 Due date: 8/13/2024

Rental notice: supplementary materials (access codes, CDs, etc.) are not guaranteed with rental orders.

Buy used: $30.12

Buy used: $34.82

Buy new: $43.79

Marketplace

4 new & used from $26.94

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Learning professionals are finding success applying game–based sensibilities to the development of instruction. This is the first book to show how to design online instruction that leverages the best elements of online games to increase learning, retention, and application. It explains how to match different game strategies to types of learning content for the right learning outcome and discusses how gamification techniques can be used in a variety of settings to improve learning, retention and application of knowledge. Supported by peer–reviewed studies and examples from corporations who have adopted game–based learning successfully, the book illustrates how combining instructional design…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 5/15/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Contents on the Web


Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments


About the author


Contributors



What Is Gamification?


Chapter Questions


Introduction


Gamification in Action


What Is a Game?


What Is Gamification?


What Gamification Is Not


Gamification Versus Serious Games


Growth of Gamification


Who Is Using Gamification


Implications and Importance to the Future of Learning


Key Takeaways



Itï¿½s in the Game: Understanding Game Elements


Chapter Questions


Introduction


Abstractions of Concepts and Reality


Goals


Rules


Conflict, Competition, or Cooperation


Time


Reward Structures


Feedback


Levels


Storytelling


Curve of Interest


Aesthetics


Replay or Do Over


Implications and Importance to the Future of Learning


Key Takeaways



Theories Behind Gamification of Learning and Instruction


Chapter Questions


Introduction


Motivation


The Taxonomy of Intrinsic Motivation


Self-Determination Theory


Distributed Practice


Scaffolding


Episodic Memory


Cognitive Apprenticeship


Social Learning Theory


Flow


Key Takeaways



Research Says ï¿½ Games Are Effective for Learning