Every episode of the Professor Game podcast, hosted by Rob Alvarez of The Octalysis Group. Honest breakdowns of gamification, behavioral design, and the Octalysis Framework, applied to real products, retention, and engagement. New episodes weekly, plus interviews with leading experts.
Candis Best and her Game Design for Student Success (GDSS) | Episode 029
Listen to this episode on your phone! Candis Best is the Founder and CEO of Learningateway. Her career in higher education began as an adjunct professor. She has worked as a consultant, faculty member and subject matter expert for higher education institutions, companies and community-based organizations. […]
Jonathan Peters talks about how to avoid self-hugging in gamification | Episode 028
Listen to this episode on your phone! Have you ever had an unresponsive or disconnected learner? Could you use great ideas to engage your audience? Are you ready to apply gamification to your programs? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you […]
Amy Jo Kim shows the importance of finding the fun as a game designer | Episode 027
Listen to this episode on your phone! With a background in neuroscience, computer science, and psychology, Amy Jo Kim is part game designer, part web community architect. Her design credits include Rock Band, The Sims, Ultima Online, eBay, family.com, nytimes.com, indiegogo.com. and numerous startups. She’s […]
David Mullich 3 decades of game design experience now for gamification | Episode 026
Listen to this episode on your phone! David Mullich has been designing entertainment and educational products for such companies as Activision, Age of Learning, Disney, Edu-Ware Services, Encyclopedia Britannica, Mattel, and the Spin Master toy company for over three decades. In recent years, he has […]
Karl Kapp and how gamification includes involving students in your job | Episode 025
Karl is the assistant director and a faculty member at Bloomsburg University’s Institute for Interactive Technologies (IIT), where he teaches courses like Managing Multimedia Projects, Applying Theories of Learning for Interactive Technologies, E-Learning Concepts and Techniques and Learning in 3D. He believes teaching/education/learning is an interactive exchange between […]