3 Things to Keep in Mind When Designing Effective Games for Learning: What Is The Game?

3 Things to Keep in Mind When Designing Effective Games for Learning: What Is The Game?

In order for a game to be successful, you need to make it engaging. It also must have good content. So ask yourself: what learning outcomes are you hoping for? Additionally ask: how will they be measured? These are two very important things to be define early in the design phase, because there’s no point in designing something that’s really fun if a learner doesn’t actually learn anything from it. There’s also no point in designing a game full of great content that everyone finds to boring to play.

2021 August Newsletter

2021 August Newsletter

I was hiking for a couple of hours last weekend with Paul around the lake at Lafayette Heritage Park here in Tallahassee, and stopped to marvel at the surroundings. We have six concurrent projects active for Change by Design right now, so these days it's so easy for me to stay glued in front of my computer, and lose sight of the precious natural beauty we enjoy in North Florida. From the bright blue skies above me, to the calm and collected marshlands around me, it is a blessing to live in such a beautiful place.

I'm learning a lot as our Chief Hiring Executive and ongoing cultural ambassador. Finding the right talent for the right roles takes time, several interactions, and a diligent review of their portfolio (that is, if they have one). Change by Design seeks people who…

Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Symposium 2021

Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Symposium 2021

CLO offers an annual symposium, now through the virtual meeting format, which is this year appropriately titled “Resilient, Fluid & Fearless: The Future of Learning.”

In Memoriam: Dr. Albert Bandura (1925-2021)

In Memoriam: Dr. Albert Bandura (1925-2021)

Dr. Albert Bandura, Stanford Social Psychology Professor Emeritus and considered one of the top 100 psychologists of the 20th century, passed away in July. He is widely credited with greatly informing the field of learning through a number of distinct but interconnected theories.