Fainted But Embarrassed, Motivation, and Gamification
Afternoon at 17.00. Two days before Eid. I started pedaling my bicycle. Head to Papah’s house in North Dago Hill. Take the closest route: Bojong koneng – Cihalarang – Dago Resort – Bukit Dago. The distance is only about 8 km. With a beautiful hill view. It took 20-25 minutes by car. Looks like it only takes 60 minutes if you ride a bike. I thought that afternoon. Self-confident. Or just...
Happy Mudik Recipe: See It As A Game
Happy Mudik Recipe: See It As A Game Once, I entered the train through the window. My body was lifted by my father first, head going in first. Then someone pulled me by the hand to get into the cabin. I’m crying in between fear and confusion. During the trip, my father and I got a special cabin. In the toilet cabin because the train is so full. That’s one of my memories of...
4 Questions for Gamification Consultant Selection
When I was able to visit MIT in 2018, I attended an interactive media seminar which is delivered by Mr. Jesse Schell. He is the author of The Art of Game Design, founder of Schell Game, and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). In the seminar, several foundations were discussed to be able to present a good game concept. The cool term is games that matter. One of the interesting...
Beyond Game Mindset
There are many people who understand gaming is more than just entertainment to fill their spare time. I personally define games as any form of medium or activity that presents Roles, Rules, and Results so that they are able to motivate all involved in it to become better. With the above definition, we can see many things around us both in the work environment, socially, and even in the...
Gamification, Is It Always Need Apps?
When it comes to gamification, many people immediately associate it with point, badges and leader boards. Then they concluded, “Oh! For all of that, we definitely need apps!”. Is it really like that? To answer the questions above, let’s first try to understand the Point, Badge, and Leaderboard (PBL) functions. 1. POINT In a game, points function as a form of...
Corporate Learning Issue: Cultural Differences
One of the challenges in corporate learning as well as in higher education is the cultural differences and abilities (learning) of each employee/student involved. Not only that, some also face generation gaps between lecturers/presenters/trainers and participants. Coupled with the current conditions that are completely uncertain and the “digital transmigration” that we have to do,...
Happiness in Learning Process
Currently, our children are “left school”. Maybe this is indeed the best chance for them to be “recovered from their education”. What they need now is the ability to find happiness in the learning process (outside the classroom). The question is, are WE able to present it? As far as I know, we cannot give what we do not have. If WE (parents / teachers) have...
Playful Leader, Why Do We Need Them?
In his book “Wonderland: How to Play Made the Modern World”, Steven Johnson revealed that many innovations that changed the world came from those who played. Scot Osterweil (Creative Director of MIT Education Arcade & LUDENARA.org Advisory Board) also reminded us that playing gives us 4 freedoms:• Freedom to fail• Freedom to explore• Freedom to see from a different...
Playful Leader, How to Become One?
How can we practice to become a PLAYFUL LEADER? We can start by doing the following 3 things: Always build curiousity. Get used to seeing many things as a room for exploration. Get into the habit of finding and processing information / data like you are looking for and arranging pieces of “puzzles”. We do it diligently and happily, because we know that each piece will help...