Game time Welcome Facilitator name Position at university Contact info Learning outcomes By the end of this module you should be able to Explain what gamification means Describe several gaming principles used in education ID: 583273
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Gamification in educationSlide2
Game time!Slide3
Welcome
Facilitator name
Position at university
Contact infoSlide4
Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, you should
be able
to:
Explain what “gamification” means
Describe several gaming principles used in educationSlide5
agenda
Game time!
What
is
gamification?
Gaming
principles in
learning
Note:
Part of this module is based on the
TEDx
talk
“
Neuroscience Pathways From Lab To Classroom” by Dr. Judy Willis. Slide6
What is Gamification?Slide7
What is gamification?Slide8
When playing games...Slide9
…a player usually
Gets and uses ongoing, immediate feedback to improve performance
Learns from their mistakes
Feels pleasure when achieving a challenge and progressing to the next level
Keeps playing even when the failure rate is 80%
Is motivated by the reward of a more difficult challengeSlide10
The Success FactorSlide11
Why do we keep playing?Slide12
dopamine
Pleasure
Decreased stress
Curiosity
Attention
MotivationSlide13
Dopamine boosters
Movement
Humour
Choice
Optimistic thoughts
Intrinsic satisfaction of making a correct predictionSlide14
Activity: making predictionsSlide15
Question 1: predict
Is it
more probable
that one would get killed by a shark or die from an asteroid or comet?
Write SHARK or COMET and hold up your answerSlide16
Question 2: estimate
ESTIMATE the odds of getting killed by a shark and dying from an asteroid or comet
Write:
Shark 1 in …
Comet 1 in …
Hold up your answer.Slide17
Online AssessmentSlide18
Solving Problems …
Boosts self-confidence and satisfaction
Improves perseverance and time on taskSlide19
Here it is!
Odds of getting killed by a shark:
1
in 3.7
million
Odds of dying from an asteroid or comet: between
1
in 3,000 and 1 in
250,000
Source:
http
://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131219-lottery-odds-winning-mega-million-lotto
/
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Gaming Principles in LearningSlide21
Gaming principles in learning
Provide specific, achievable challenges
Incorporate frequent
assessment and feedback
Award points
for
success
Promote awareness of incremental progress
Allow for mistakes without penalty
Individualize learningSlide22
Gaming Principles in Learning
“In
every
job
that
must
be
done
,
there
is an
element
of
FUN!
You find the fun, and snap!
The job’s a
GAME!
”
Mary Poppins
A Spoonful of Sugar
(1964)Slide23
Gaming principles: Online Teaching
Let students choose their learning paths
and work at their own pace
Create practice problems with immediate,
adaptive feedback and tailored
suggestions
Provide opportunities for
students to practice in a
low-stress environment to
improve learningSlide24
Gaming Principles in Learning
Video
Applying
gaming principles to educational contextsSlide25
Group Discussion
Do
you find that you already use some of the gaming principles in your course design?
If
not, would you consider using some of these principles in order to enhance engagement and motivation of your students? Why or why not?Slide26
Summary
Gamification
involves using the same kinds of thinking and processes that drive games, but
in a non-gaming context
The reward for game playing is intrinsic
Applying gaming
principles
to
courses may
increase student
engagement
and motivationSlide27
Thank you
Questions?
C
omments?
Help?
Contact information – facilitator’s and departmentalSlide28
references
Coppens, A., Hughes, A., Andrews, A. Meredith, A.L., Austin, B.,
Bowen
, J., … Kunkel, V. (n.d.)
How gamification reshapes learning:
free
ebook.
Retrieved from http://
elearningindustry.com/how- gamification-reshapes-learning
.
TedX Talks. (2011, March 9). Let’s use video to reinvent education. Retrieved April 9, 2014, from http
://
www.ted.com/talks/
salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.TedX Talks. (2012, April 28). Neuroscience Pathways From Lab To Classroom: TEDx talk by Dr. Judy Willis. Retrieved April 9, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHRyPbcLKis.