utilizing gamification to enhance elearning engagement

710 - Utilizing Gamification To Enhance Elearning Engagement

Sach ChaudhariFounder and Technical Director

Paradiso Solutions

Thursday, March 20, 2014 03:45 PM - 4:45 PM

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sach@paradisosolutions.com ¦ 710 - Utilizing Gamification to Enhance eLearning Engagement

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Outline

- Why Gamification?- What is Gamification?- How to Gamify?- LMS Selection- Pitfalls- Q & A

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- Challenge- Social Interaction

WHY GAMIFY?

TRADITIONAL ELEARNING IS boring

WHY GAMIFY?

Games are FUN

WHY GAMIFY?

58% of Americans play video

There are an average of TWO GAMERS

in each game-playing U.S. household

The average U.S. Household OWNS AT LEAST ONE dedicated game console, PC or smarphone

51% of U.S. household OWNS a dedicated game console

and those that do, own an average of 2

The average age of game players is:

WHAT IS GAMIFICATION?

DEFINITION

¨ …….Gamification is the use of game

thinking and game mechanics in non-game contexts …….¨

Context = LEARNING

GAME MECHANICS AND DYNAMICS

TECHNOLOGY + PSYCHOLOGY = GAME

Technology

Psychology

HOW TO GAMIFY?

GAME MECHANICS

• Badges• Points• competition• rewards• Leaderboard• Social – shares• Simulation• LMS skins

Adobe LevelUp

• Product Training• Customer Training• Challenge• Points• Sharing

Adobe LevelUp- Share

Leaderboard

SIMULATIONS

- Safety training- Financial Training- Military training

Mouse over for more info

Adjust Dialer to See Reaction

- Medical- Leadership - Management

DEMO VIDEO

3D- Virtual World

Go back here

Choose subject

Choose material

McDonald´s Nintendo

2 Nintendo DS systems for each of their 3,800+ stores in Japan

McDonald´s Nintendo

SAP SCN

After a month

SAP SCN

BADGES

Acknowledge little achievements

BADGES

• Internal/external

• like certificate

• Great for marketing too

Sharing Achievements

SALESFORCE CHATTER

• personal attention from external peers friends

• Free marketing

AVATARS

PERSONALIZE

• Acceptance of individuality

• Fun

• Employee satisfaction

• Encourages culture

AVATARS

IMPORTANCE OF LMS IN GAMIFICATION

COURSES VERSUS LMS

Gamified courses are isolated to the course.

Gamification in the LMS takes it to ALL actions.

LMS SELECTION CRITERIA

- Badges? - Open API- Easy to customize- Low cost- Gamification modules?

Customization is Key in Gamification

O P E N S O U R C E

Customization

Implementation

T R A D I T I O N

Customization

Licensed/Implementation

Moodle/Totara with Gamification Module

Badges in Moodle/Totara

CMSCourse Library

eCommerce

Virtual Class

GAMIFICATION

Sales Training

Customer Training Partner

Training

Certification

Performance Management

Talent Management

HRIS LDAP Legacy

Integrations

Portal

Mobile App

Just in Time

EmployeeTraining

WILL SAAS WORK FOR YOU?

Public CloudPrivate Cloud

• Multiple Clients• Low-Cost• Shared Infrastructure

• Single Client• High-Security

LMS Skins

Leaderboard

Trigger/Action based games in LMS

With triggers achievements can be anything

• 10:10 on quiz

• Top score for team.

• Most training in a week.

• Most points in a week

Trigger/Action based games in LMS

Bring it to the real world!

Physical Rewards

Immediate Satisfaction

Pitfalls

-Most games are FLOP- Need expert to create simple but sticky

- Gaming for the sake of GAME- Do not loose site of Learning Objective

MAIN POINTS

• Gamification is the way of thinking, not a tool or process

• 80/20 Rule in Selecting content

• Find easy to customize LMS

Sach Chaudhari ¦ 1001 - Leveraging the Power of LMS and CRM Integration

About Paradiso Solutions

• In Business since 2007, based in Silicon Valley

• Experts in LMS Software and Content Creation

• Education and Corporate Sector• Full Service Providers:

LMS Implementations Integrations/Customizations Gamification Content Development

Sach Chaudhari ¦ 1001 - Leveraging the Power of LMS and CRM Integration

Contact us!

Sach ChaudhariTechnical DirectorParadiso Solutions

Email: Sach@paradisosolutions.com

USA : +1 800 513 5902

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