The Gamification Hexad Saves My Classroom! Guest Blog

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User types and learning v2 The Gamification Hexad Saves My Classroom Guest Blog

Well, this is a first, but I hope you will agree, it is a good first! I was lucky enough to be asked to scan a chapter of a new book that gamification and education expert Scott Herbert was writing. It was all about how he had been making use of my HEXAD in his classroom and it was excellent! I asked if he would be willing to write a little blog post about his experiences, what I got was this – and I could not be happier. Enjoy my friends!

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Kids do not really care for school, which as a teacher obviously makes things a little difficult. I teach Grade 8 Sciences and when you are trying to teach someone about cellular biology or the history of light they have a real hard time connecting it to their world. It’s a slippery slope. Read More ...

Why Games Are So Important – and other news

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Games 1424086420 Why Games Are So Important 8211 and other news

It’s 2016 and what a lot has gone on already!

The biggest change is that I am now no longer part of Capgemini. I am now at G2G3 working on gamification – so a dream come true for me! I want to take a moment to thank everyone at Capgemini that supported me over the last 5 or so years.

Loads more to come, but you will see more content coming from me around work and from the G2G3 blog with luck.

In the mean time I have spent a while going back to the start of what gamification is and why I find it so important and interesting. Read More ...

Free Chapter – And Some Gamification Tips

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True loyalty meme Free Chapter 8211 And Some Gamification Tips

Just as New Year passes us, I thought I would throw out a free chapter from my book. It is one of my favorites actually, all about loyalty!

Free Chapter on Loyalty

Now for the tips mentioned in the title :).

If you are looking at gamification in 2016, there are a few things you really need to know about. I am not going to just give it to you, where is the fun in that? Search the site, search Google and see what you can find out!

  • Intrinsic Motivation
  • Self Determination Theory
  • Overjustification Effect. Really important to understand!
  • Competition vs Collaboration
  • MDA Framework
  • 4 Keys 2 Fun
  • Serious games, Games based learning
  • Play
  • Player / User Types
  • Gamification Code of Ethics
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    Posts of 2015 – Gamification and much more!

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    2015 Posts of 2015 8211 Gamification and much more

    So, as is tradition, here is a round up of 2015. What a year!!! Research papers, Gamification World Congress, a new book, poetry and loads of exciting projects have made this a most excellent year. Between you and me, next year will be even better!

    As with every year, the User Types Hexad has been really popular, but this year my most popular content by far has been the 47 Gamification elements, mechanics and ideas – an old post I pinned! Shows the power of the homepage 🙂 Other big hits this year have been my reaction to Gartner forgetting about gamification (The Hype is Over – Gamification is Here to Stay) and my essay on the 4 essential neurotransmitters in gamification! Read More ...

    Gamification User Types Dodecad – The HEXAD Expansion Pack!

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    Dodecad 3 Gamification User Types Dodecad 8211 The HEXAD Expansion Pack

    Ideas come from the funniest of places. Take this Dodecad thing. I had an email conversation with someone who liked my types, but wanted to change some of the names. I was not into the idea (the names took a really long time to work out!), so politely declined. That’s fine, so is the fact they said that they would go off and make their own with some references and credits to their inspirations. I was  chatting to the ever wise and awesome Dutch Driver about this and he jokingly said “They will make a dodecahedron version”. Read More ...