Karl Kapp
Professor, Commonwealth University
Karl Kapp, EdD, is a professor of instructional technology at Commonwealth University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania who teaches instructional game design, gamification, and online learning design. He keeps busy internationally consulting, training, coaching, and counseling established companies, academic institutions, and startups. He co-founded L&D Mentoring Academy, which helps midcareer learning professionals move to the next level. Karl has authored many books and created several LinkedIn Learning courses. In 2019, he received the ATD Distinguished Contribution to Talent Development Award. His YouTube series, “The Unauthorized, Unofficial History of Learning Game,” is his current passion project.
Latest from Karl Kapp
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Gamifying eLearning
Boost learning with effective gamification! Kapp’s checklist helps integrate fun, replay value & challenges for real learning, not just points.
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Trends in Instructional Technologies over the Past 15 Years
Join this session for a retrospective view of how instructional technologies have changed over the last 15 years. We’ll cover a broad range of developments: from the development of the LMS to the emergence of MOOCs; from the creation of xAPI to the advent of smartphones; and up to virtual reality, web-based training, augmented reality, […]
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Countdown to DevLearn: Lessons from Classic Games to Design Games for Learning
You are invited on an adventure to uncover the history of learning games, discover how to leverage the ideas, insights and innovations from earlier games into your own design of games, and have some fun in the process. A game doesn’t become a classic by happenstance. It takes good design, attention to detail, and a […]
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Nurturing a Culture of Continuous Learning: A Guild Master Panel
The concept of building a “culture of learning” is discussedoften in learning and development circles. It’s fairly easy to recognize anorganization that has a strong learning culture, but it’s considerably morechallenging to build such a culture yourself. In our closing session of the Learning Leaders Online Forum,we have invited three Guild Masters for a conversation […]
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LeaderChat: Meet Members of the Learning Leaders Alliance Advisory Board
In our first LeaderChat session we welcome members of the Learning Leaders Alliance Board for a discussion about our leadership community, including what you can expect from the Alliance and how you can help shape its future.
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Karl Kapp on Games and Gamification
In our first-ever video research report, Karl Kapp discusses the differences between games and gamification, how each can be used as an instructional strategy, using them with an eye toward improving performance, and the conditions that make them effective toward achieving learning goals.
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Think Like a Game Designer to Create Meaningful Learning
Think like a game designer in order to create meaningful learning that is engaging and compelling.
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Four Essentials for Effective Learning Using Virtual Reality
Effective use of virtual reality for learning is about more than the technology; it’s about the careful application of the theories and research behind the technology.
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Women in eLearning: Micro-inequities Add Up to Macro-inequities
“Micro-inequities” are our small everyday phrases and actions that, mostly unintentionally, tend to devalue people. Over time these add up and result in oppression and discrimination against certain types or classes of people. This phenomenon has been responsible for much of the content of this series on women in eLearning. How can we achieve equity in our field? You might not expect the answer.
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Using Stories for Learning: Answers to Five Key Questions
In this report, Karl Kapp explores why stories are so valuable for learning, describes how to match learning objectives to four powerful learning story types, and provides guidance on how to compose learning stories.