Ribbon Hero – A Cool Game to Hone Your MS Office Skills

Microsoft has launched the prototype of a game called Ribbon Hero which will help people boost MS Office knowledge and skills. You just  have to download and install Ribbon Hero. It acts as an add-in in MS Word, MS PowerPoint etc.
How does it work?
Every time you use a feature in MS Word or MS Powerpoint, you [...]

January 21st, 2010 | Category: Game Based Learning, Game Design, Games, Instructional Design, Multiplayer Games | 3 comments

How Humour and Fun Work Wonders in Learning

Sometime back I had written a post on character driven stories for e-learning. This post talks about including emotions in e-learning that make a great impact on the audience. While strong emotions can make an impact, something light hearted can also make a great impact.
I have always felt amazed at how some creative people come up with [...]

November 30th, 2009 | Category: Game Based Learning, Instructional Design, Instructional Designers | 4 comments

Game of the Week: Edheads Design a Cell Phone

Edheads Design a Cell Phone is a highly engaging and interactive learning game. The objective of the game is to design a cell phone that appeals to senior citizens.
The game is about gathering client requirements, designing  a cell phone to meet the needs, testing the design with a small group of elderly people, getting the [...]

July 24th, 2009 | Category: Game Based Learning, Game Design, Games, Gaming | 6 comments

Game of the Week: Pavlov’s Dog

 
Pavlov’s Dog is a game that teaches you Pavlov’s theory and is based on Pavlov’s experiment. The objective of the game is to make a dog drool on demand. The game has no instructions. You need to figure out how to make the dog drool on demand.
If you succeed, you get a certificate  and the solution is [...]

May 29th, 2009 | Category: Game Based Learning, Game Design, Games, Gaming | Leave a comment

Game of the Week: Post It Draw It

Draw It is a multiplayer game from Post It. This is online version of the game called Pictionary. In this online version , you need to login and either choose to join one of the rooms available or create your own room.
Once you enter a room, you wait till one round gets over and start playing. [...]

May 22nd, 2009 | Category: Game Based Learning, Game Design, Games, Gaming, Multiplayer Games | Leave a comment

Game of the Week: One Man Band

One Man Band is a short game about creating music. All that you have to do is drag and drop the instruments in the centre of the stage, set the pace of the music using the numbers given and then play. The challenge of the game is to create good music using a combination of instruments. [...]

April 24th, 2009 | Category: Game Based Learning, Game Design, Games, Gaming | Leave a comment

Game of the Week : Math Challenge

Math Challenge is a simple game on basic mathematic calculation but fun to play. The game is divided into three parts. In the first part you are given 2 slots and you choose the slot that has more shapes. In the second part you are given four slots and the objective is to choose the slot that sums [...]

April 3rd, 2009 | Category: Game Based Learning, Game Design, Games, Gaming, Instructional Design | Leave a comment

Why Instructional Designers Should Play Games?

Has it happened with you that you saw a movie and wondered how the director visualized the  amazing scenes?
Has it also happened that you checked out an e-learning course and wondered how the Instructional Designer thought of the visuals, animations and interactivities?
Well, it has happened with me an umpteen number of times. I just keep thinking what [...]

January 19th, 2009 | Category: Game Based Learning, Game Design, Instructional Design, Instructional Strategy | 7 comments

6 Quick Steps to Create a Game Based E-learning Course

If you play a lot of games, you will definitely be able to identify the standard pattern used.
 
Every game has a goal and the steps to solve it. The challenge of every game lies in how quickly and efficiently you reach the goal.
 
In games you can skip things and start with the main activity. [...]

November 14th, 2008 | Category: Game Based Learning, Game Design, Gaming, Instructional Design, Instructional Strategy | One comment

Resources for Game Based Learning

B.J. Schone has an interesting post on game based interactions in his blog.
Additionally he has given useful references using which you can create simple games for your e-learning courses.
Do check out Online Training Games Starter Kit (PDF) for sure.

January 11th, 2008 | Category: Game Based Learning, Game Based Learning Resources, Games, e-learning games | One comment