Research Spotlight: Test Your Gamification Knowledge!

Basic gamification knowledge is essential to eLearning creatorsand their managers today, and it becomes more so with each passing month. TheeLearning Guild’s new white paper, Gamification Knowledge Check, provides you with an opportunity to quickly review yourknowledge of gamification concepts and approaches.

In aninterview in 2012, two university professors who are also pioneers in today’sgaming industry—Kevin Werbach and Dan Hunter—talked about their book, For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business (2012). During that interview, Werbach said, “We have these extraordinarycapabilities of digital platforms and analytic systems to manage and implementgamification.” Hunter added, “Games are the future of many businesses, [so]every manager needs to understand gamified thinking.” Those statements are evenmore accurate today than they were four years ago.

What do we need to know about gamification?

So if weare already past the point (since2012) when industry experts such as Werbach and Hunter were advocating thatrank-and-file business managers must understand basic concepts of gamificationand “gamified thinking,” what does that mean for us as learning leaders and practitioners?What does our knowledge level need to be?

To someextent, the answer to that question depends upon the extent to which you areinvolved in the design of detailed learning curricula that employ elements ofgamification. Or it may depend on the degree to which you are responsible formaking executive decisions about the acquisition of game-authoring tools orother types of technology enhancements required for effective gamification.

Are you game for a quick knowledge check?

The Gamification Knowledge Check contains 20multiple-choice questions to test your knowledge of basic terminology, best-practiceapproaches, and gamification theory. Also provided is a link to a more in-depthdiscussion of each correct answer, together with other gamification resourcesfor further reading, including our recent eBook, The Art and Science of Gamification.

After finishing the knowledge check and tallying your score, youshould be in a better position to answer these questions:

• How many basic gamification terms can you successfullydefine?
• Which areas of basic gamification knowledge do youneed to work on for optimal effectiveness in your current job role?
• Which areas of broader gamification knowledge doyou need to master for success in achieving your longer-term career goals?

Gamification knowledgeis essential for today’s learning practitioners

It seems clearer than ever that gamification is an essential tool in the knowledge and expertise“toolkit” of today’s learning professionals—leaders as well as hands-onpractitioners.

Given this reality, we believe thatthere is no longer any excuse for practitioners and learning leaders to be without a solid understanding ofgamification: what it is, what it can do, when you should incorporate it intoyour learning solutions, and perhaps more importantly, when you should not gamify.

Use our GamificationKnowledge Check asyour first step toward achieving a solid knowledge of the gamification basics.

Join us for the Games & Gamification Summit online

On May 18 – 19, The eLearning Guild will host the online Games & Gamification Summit, in which participants willexplore the big questions associated with games and gamification. During this summit,developers in the games and gamification field will provide examples ofgame-based learning and gamification that will bring clarity to many of thequestions surrounding these topics. Register here for the summit! Registration gives you access to the liveonline event, plus any associated handouts and recordings, for one year afterthe event. eLearning Guild members at the Member-Plus and Premium levels canattend summits as part of their member benefits. Organizational and Groupdiscounts are available for qualified attendees.

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