Utilizing Gamification to enhance eLearning Engagement

710 - Utilizing Gamification To Enhance
Elearning Engagement
Sach Chaudhari
Founder and Technical Director
Paradiso Solutions
Thursday, March 20, 2014 03:45 PM - 4:45 PM

My Story
sach@paradisosolutions.com ¦ 710 - Utilizing Gamification to Enhance eLearning Engagement
M.S.
Passionate about Technology in Education
India

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

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- Challenge
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WHY GAMIFY?
TRADITIONAL ELEARNING IS boring

WHY GAMIFY?
Games are FUN

WHY GAMIFY?

WHY GAMIFY?
58%
of Americans play video
games
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:
30
32%
Under
18 years
32%
18 -35 years
36%
36+ years

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

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
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- Medical
- Leadership
- Management

DEMO VIDEO

3D- Virtual World

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

McDonald´s Nintendo

SAP SCN

SAP SCN
After a month

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
LMS
eCommerce
Virtual Class
GAMIFICATION
Sales
Training
CRM
Customer
Training
Partner
Training
Certification
Performance Management
Talent Management
HRIS LDAP Legacy
Integrations
CRM
Portal
Mobile App
Just in Time
API
Employee
Training

WILL SAAS WORK FOR YOU?
Public Cloud
Private Cloud
• Multiple Clients
• Low-Cost
• Shared Infrastructure
• Single Client
• High-Security

LMS Skins

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

Bring it to the real world!
Physical Rewards
Immediate Satisfaction

Pitfalls
-Most games are FLOP
-Need expert to create simple but sticky
game
- 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
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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 Chaudhari
Technical Director
Paradiso Solutions
Email: Sach@paradisosolutions.com
USA : +1 800 513 5902

Utilizing Gamification to enhance eLearning Engagement

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