<p><strong>“Instructional design</strong> is creating instructional experiences which make the acquisition of knowledge and skill more efficient, effective, and appealing.” (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructional_design" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Wikipedia</a>)</p> <p><strong>“Learning experience design</strong> is the process of creating learning experience that enable the learner to achieve the desired learning outcome in a human centered and goal-oriented way.” </p>

Instructional designers are taught to work within this system using a <strong>systematic and rule-based approach</strong>. Their expertise is choosing the right technology for content delivery and method of transfer.

It is rooted in a variety of design disciplines like interaction design, user experience design, game design and graphic design. A learning experience designer combines these design skills, tools and methods with theoretical and practical expertise about learning. LX designers use their <strong>creative freedom to explore and design</strong> different kinds of learning experiences.

1. Keep game complexity simple, particularly when you are using a game to support relatively short lessons.

<strong>2. Reward players for performance, not completion</strong>.

<strong>3. Be cautious with leaderboards</strong>.

4. As much as possible, align the game element choices you use to the learner’s actual job context.

<strong>5. Make the in-game goal align with the learning goal in a reasonable way that “makes sense” for the learners who will play your game or complete your gamified lesson</strong>.

6. Stop thinking you have to make the game super “fun.”