Serious Learning Game Techniques, Part 2: What do game designers know about fun that we don’t?

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Description

In Part 1 we covered:
 

• Research on learning, including 11 corresponding principles for instruction
• The rising impact of a continuum of approaches from presentations, extrinsic games, gamification, adaptive tutorials, and serious learning games
• We analyzed the framework of Jeopardy as an example of a popular extrinsic game that is weak for instructional purposes
• We applied concepts of learning research to the Jeopardy framework and increased both the fun and the instructional impact

In Part 2 we will study more techniques for making games both engaging as well as efficient learning experiences. We will look at:
 

• CCAF: the basic components of both powerful elearning and fun games
• The critical role rules have to play in making games fun
• The four types of rules
• Converting instructional content into rules
• Some serious learning game examples