EduTechnical Musings » Blog Archive » Big Dreams On Gamification Jan 15 After watching how well my own children respond to playing games, I’ve been tinkering with the idea of gamification in education. My children are diligent students and enjoy learning, especially things they find interesting. They love comic books and video games. They watch countless videos, read blogs/articles, and even make their own vlogs over game theory, Stan Lee, Walt Disney, and whatever else on those topics. What if our entire education system was like this? What makes specific game elements successful can be better understood when studying the field of Applied Behavioral Analysis. Gamifying the user experience seems to have taken on a skyrocketing trend. Many people have already started this type of implementation. Here’s a list of online resources that have more info on Gamification: Gamification in Education: Why, How, Why Bother? Gamification: Will It Engage and Motivate Your Students? Gamification of Education Created by Knewton and Column Five Media
ASCD Express 9.20 - No Technology Required to Gamify Your Class No Technology Required to Gamify Your Class Linda T. Darcy Applications like Class Dojo, Socrative, Nearpod, Zondle, and Play Brighter dominate most conversations about gamification in education. This focus on technology and apps automatically alienates some teachers who may think, "I don't have any computers in my room, so that leaves me out!" Game over. Not so fast—it is possible to gamify your class without technology, even without electricity. There are several factors that make games so engaging. With these tenets in mind, teachers can encourage game-like engagement in the classroom by following these five practices, none of which require technology. Use gaming vocabulary: Traditional school tasks carry traditional labels. Any teacher who is interested in gamifying their class need not wait until the technology is available. Source: Reprinted with permission from The Educator's Room. ASCD Express, Vol. 9, No. 20.
9 Techniques For Online Educators To Gamify Their Digital Classrooms - eLearning Industry Involve and motivate your students into the process of online learning with the help of gamification. Check what gamification is, and what gamification techniques you can use as online educator to make your digital classroom more interesting for your online students. Check the following 9 techniques that will help you gamify your digital classroom. Every educator's worst nightmare is his/her inability to motivate students and make them interested in the process of studying itself.Being educators, we perfectly understand the importance of techniques we use in a classroom, and the consequences these techniques may bring as a result. Times change, and today's schools (as well as modern students) differ much from those ones we had 20 years ago. The main problem of today's schools is students’ engagement into the studying process. Gamification – giving some game elements to the process of study in order to motivate students and drive their learning behaviors.
3 Edtech Tools You Can Use To Gamify Your Classroom Gamification is one of the buzzwords in education right now, and for a good reason: Gamification is empowering, exciting, and under the right circumstances can be the disruptive innovator many teachers desperately need in order to change the dynamics between knowledge and the learner. There is an explosion of EdTech tools destined to gamify the classroom, most of which are web-based, while others come in the form of an app. Understandably, a teacher might wonder what is the best way to navigate through this sea of new, and subsequently, not thoroughly tested activities and tools. Throughout the school year I tried several game-based platforms with my students. Here are three game-based classroom solutions that helped me transform my fourth grade classroom into a dynamic learning environment. All three tools are completely free. Socrative The first, and probably the most popular game-based classroom platform is Socrative. Here is a short introductory tutorial on Socrative Kahoot FlipQuiz
10 Specific Ideas To Gamify Your Classroom - 10 Specific Ideas To Gamify Your Classroom by Mike Acedo In today’s classroom, educators are constantly required to mold their teaching methods to give students the best opportunity to succeed. It is not only imperative for students to learn the required material, but also critical that students gain a sense of confidence toward their work, and find motivation to expand their learning. However, this can be difficult for some students, who may struggle in traditional, lecture-based class styles. For some students, finding the motivation to complete homework or prepare for class can be a constant struggle, especially when every effort is met with a poor grade or frustration from teachers and parents. We’ve talked about designing your classroom like a video game before. How To Gamify Your Classroom: 10 Specific Ideas To Get It Done 1. Present the class syllabus as a form of Gamification. 2. Like in video games, students should be allowed second chances. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Conclusion
Design Your Class Like A Video Game How Video Games Have Mastered Learning Engagement Terry Heick Agreeing on how to best establish what a learner understands isn’t simple — if for no other reason than understanding isn’t simple. Gamification and game-based learning (which are different, by the way: the former uses encouragement mechanics to promote engagement, while the latter uses video-games as core sources of learning material or cognitive action) is one response. By embedding diverse achievements into activities and assessments, learning progress can be refracted infinitely. These systems would be able to more flexibly respond to unique learner pathways and abilities, and would further serve as encouragement mechanics — instead of one carrot stick, there are hundreds. But video games have even more to offer formal learning systems. To be able to do this before moving on to that. Stifling the Fun Not much different than school, then. Most game designers have learned, however. Climb a mountain or slay a robot enemy? 1. 2.
30 Facts About Gamification in eLearning How Can Gamification Improve eLearning? What is the Future of Gamification in eLearning Industry? Judging by the following 30 Facts about Gamification in eLearning, the future of Gamification in eLearning is brighter than ever. eLearning Industry in numbersThe eLearning market is now more than 16 years old (the word “e-learning” was coined in 1998). At Fortune 500 firms, 73.6 percent of technology-delivered training comes through networked, online methods. (1)Corporations can save up to 70% by replacing traditional training with eLearning (IOMA 2002).Over 18,000,000 college students are taking at least one of their classes online. Over 75% people are gamers (50% casually and 27% moderately to fairly often). (4) Learners recall just 10% of what they read and 20% of what they hear. Favorite Gamification Techniques (4) Progressing to different levelsScoresAvatarsVirtual Currencies Less Favorite Gamification Techniques (4) The Most Effective Uses of Gamification in Learning (6) References:
Gamification in Education The breakthrough happened after the student took the Bartle's Gamer Profile Quiz and we found out that he was a "killer." Off-the-charts killer, but achievement meant nothing to this student. Just like grades. No, we haven't identified the next school shooter, and I sure wish that Bartle hadn't named one of the four gamer profiles "killer" -- but nonetheless, this student identified with this profile. My ninth grade students have partnered on an epic quest with grad students at the University of Alaska Southeast and members of the Gamifi-ED OOC to study serious games, create an encyclopedia of serious games, and ultimately to create their own serious game in Minecraft. 1. Game mechanics are part of game theory. 2. As we saw with my "killer" student, there are four game-player types using this psychological evaluation. 3. Sixth grade teacher Michael Matera wowed me and other members of the OOC as he shared how he has completely gamified his sixth grade classroom. 4. 5. 6.