Gamification Masterclass with Michael Sutton:
Serious Games in Knowledge Management and Organizational Change Initiatives–Increasing Engagement and Learning
Speaker Profile
Michael Sutton, Ph.D., is known for his work on the application of gamification in KM and learning. He is also the author of Document Management for the Enterprise: Principles, Techniques, and Applications, (New York: Wiley, 1996), which has been widely adopted by corporations and universities. He teaches in the Executive MBA Program at Boise State University, the DBA Program at Grand Canyon University, and was an Associate Professor at the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business, Westminster College, in Salt Lake City, UT, USA. He has also led the KM concentration courses for the Masters in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management at Kent State University. Although he is well-known within the “knowledge and information industries,” his interdisciplinary background allowed him to take on leadership roles where he combined his enthusiasm, commitment, imagination, and problem-solving capabilities with a focus onto new business opportunities or renewal of existing lines of business. His background encompasses:
- collaborative team building and community development,
- educational program design and development,
- entrepreneurial/educational coaching and mentoring,
- innovative, advanced applications of information technologies and systems,
- international business experience with foreign governments, UN Agencies, and global enterprises,
- new product and service design, development, and deployment,
- policy and program development,
- strategic alliances and business partnerships,
- strategic management and planning,
- knowledge management applications in Canadian intelligence agencies, and
- a team-oriented management style
About the Masterclass
Gamification may be defined as the process of integrating game theory, game elements, and game mechanics in order to engage employees and managers, enhancing their participation and performance.
Games provide immediate feedback, which appear to be more effective and efficient than traditional learning and change strategies, while exhibiting many complementary values to coaching and mentoring. Virtual environments and simulations have been found to be very effective when contrasted with non-digital methods, because of their immersive experiences. At the same time, card games and 3-dimensional games can present employees with compelling challenges set in realistic environments. It allows them to apply new concepts and learning to realistic work contexts.
Gamification in enterprise is an experience that helps:
In KM and change initiatives, gamification can build passion, participation, rigour, organization, discipline, resiliency and grit. Simulations can construct immersive environments for experiential learning. In this Masterclass you will learn how to design games for knowledge management and organisational change initiatives.
Gamification may be defined as the process of integrating game theory, game elements, and game mechanics in order to engage employees and managers, enhancing their participation and performance.
Games provide immediate feedback, which appear to be more effective and efficient than traditional learning and change strategies, while exhibiting many complementary values to coaching and mentoring. Virtual environments and simulations have been found to be very effective when contrasted with non-digital methods, because of their immersive experiences. At the same time, card games and 3-dimensional games can present employees with compelling challenges set in realistic environments. It allows them to apply new concepts and learning to realistic work contexts.
Gamification in enterprise is an experience that helps:
- Accelerate and facilitate change
- Improve performance
- Commit and take responsibility for workplace activities and projects
- Achieve and maintain engagement
- Promote transformational situations and experiences
- Open the employee’s mind to creative thinking and innovation.
In KM and change initiatives, gamification can build passion, participation, rigour, organization, discipline, resiliency and grit. Simulations can construct immersive environments for experiential learning. In this Masterclass you will learn how to design games for knowledge management and organisational change initiatives.
Learning Objectives
- To understand and describe the application of gamification in knowledge management and change initiatives
- To understand and apply the mechanics and design principles for serious games
- To be able to design, build and execute serious games to support knowledge management or organisational change initiatives
Agenda (all timings are indicative)
DAY ONE
8:00 – 8:15AM
12:05 – 1:00PM
– 5:00PM
12:05 – 1:00PM
– 5:00PM
Meet and Greet (coffee served)
Session Agenda and Goals, Speaker Introduction, Participants Introductions, Team Allocations, and Identify Scribes for Capturing Lessons Learned and Knowledge Nuggets
Game 1 & Debrief: Value Card Exercise—Building Reflective Capacity and SMART Goal Setting
Game 2 & Debrief: Silent Towers – Developing Non-Verbal Communication Skills, Problem-solving skills, and Teamship and Leadership Skills
Break & Networking
Simulation # 1 & Debrief: PlanetJockey—Building Soft Skills in a Business Environment
Gamification—Transforming the Higher Education LearnScape: Gamification, Serious Games, and Simulations—Impact on Higher Education Learning
Lunch and informal discussions
Game 3 & Debrief: FreshBizGame—an experiential approach to Entrepreneurship and Intrepreneurship
Planning Your Own Board Game: Game mechanics, dynamics, immersive game environment, storytelling, game play, player roles, ending condition, levels, user experience, learning outcomes, uncertainty, chance, and skill. (includes 15 mins break for coffee)
Debriefing Game Design, and informal discussions, review of day.
Session Agenda and Goals, Speaker Introduction, Participants Introductions, Team Allocations, and Identify Scribes for Capturing Lessons Learned and Knowledge Nuggets
Game 1 & Debrief: Value Card Exercise—Building Reflective Capacity and SMART Goal Setting
Game 2 & Debrief: Silent Towers – Developing Non-Verbal Communication Skills, Problem-solving skills, and Teamship and Leadership Skills
Break & Networking
Simulation # 1 & Debrief: PlanetJockey—Building Soft Skills in a Business Environment
Gamification—Transforming the Higher Education LearnScape: Gamification, Serious Games, and Simulations—Impact on Higher Education Learning
Lunch and informal discussions
Game 3 & Debrief: FreshBizGame—an experiential approach to Entrepreneurship and Intrepreneurship
Planning Your Own Board Game: Game mechanics, dynamics, immersive game environment, storytelling, game play, player roles, ending condition, levels, user experience, learning outcomes, uncertainty, chance, and skill. (includes 15 mins break for coffee)
Debriefing Game Design, and informal discussions, review of day.
8:00 – 8:30AM
8:30 – 12:00PM
12:00 – 1:00PM
1:00 – 2:30PM
2:30 – 2:50PM
2:50 – 4:30PM
4:30 – 5:00PM
8:30 – 12:00PM
12:00 – 1:00PM
1:00 – 2:30PM
2:30 – 2:50PM
2:50 – 4:30PM
4:30 – 5:00PM
DAY TWO
Session Agenda and Goals, Re-introduce Participants, goals and outline for the session
Working in teams on designing games
Lunch and informal discussions
Play the Constructed Games (Session 1): All participants will introduce their games and players will be chosen to experiment with the game for 30 min
Break & Networking
Play the Constructed Games (Session 2): All participants will introduce their games and players will be chosen to experiment with the game for 30 min
Debriefing Game Execution, incorporating feedback into game revision reflections, review of Masterclass lessons learnt
Working in teams on designing games
Lunch and informal discussions
Play the Constructed Games (Session 1): All participants will introduce their games and players will be chosen to experiment with the game for 30 min
Break & Networking
Play the Constructed Games (Session 2): All participants will introduce their games and players will be chosen to experiment with the game for 30 min
Debriefing Game Execution, incorporating feedback into game revision reflections, review of Masterclass lessons learnt
Who Should Attend?
Knowledge and information managers, training and development professionals, managers working in organisational change and organisation development, executives, entrepreneurs, and higher education instructors and staff who need to interact and build relationships with Gen X, Gen, Y, Gen Z, and Millennials. The participants will experience how gamification can impart the principles and learning associated with the work experience for soft skills development. Serious games can also be applied to hard skills, but we will be exposed strictly to soft skills in this Masterclass.
Knowledge and information managers, training and development professionals, managers working in organisational change and organisation development, executives, entrepreneurs, and higher education instructors and staff who need to interact and build relationships with Gen X, Gen, Y, Gen Z, and Millennials. The participants will experience how gamification can impart the principles and learning associated with the work experience for soft skills development. Serious games can also be applied to hard skills, but we will be exposed strictly to soft skills in this Masterclass.
Workshop Details
Date : June 16th & 17th, 2016 (Singapore)
Time : 8.00am - 5.00pm
Venue: e2i Institute
80 Jurong East St 21
Singapore 609607
Walking to the campus: Take J-Walk via Jurong East MRT Exit [D], through Westgate and Ng Teng Fong Hospital
Date : June 16th & 17th, 2016 (Singapore)
Time : 8.00am - 5.00pm
Venue: e2i Institute
80 Jurong East St 21
Singapore 609607
Walking to the campus: Take J-Walk via Jurong East MRT Exit [D], through Westgate and Ng Teng Fong Hospital
Contact Us
For more information on the workshop, you may contact Ng Wai Kong at +65 6221 0383 or email to wkng@straitsknowledge.com
For more information on the workshop, you may contact Ng Wai Kong at +65 6221 0383 or email to wkng@straitsknowledge.com
Workshop Fee:
Early Bird Fee until March 18 - SGD1200 nett/pax
Normal Fee from March 19 - SGD1350 nett/pax
Early Bird Fee until March 18 - SGD1200 nett/pax
Normal Fee from March 19 - SGD1350 nett/pax
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