Postcards from the Torrid Zone

Using effective teamwork, story and gamification to create a vibrant suite of reusable learning

objects

Sharon BryanHelen Hooper Bronwyn Mathiesen

Getting Started

Why?Addressing a need

Our Off-Campus students can’t attend face-to-face classes.

Our On-Campus students aren’t as “on campus” as they used to be.

A digital collection benefits from a digital IL class.

Our students don’t all have the same starting point.

Kids these days, eh?

What?A suite of reusable learning

objects

It had to start from scratch.

It had to be self-paced.

It had to be reusable.

We didn’t need to reinvent the wheel (at least, not *every* wheel).

Then there was this

“Gamification” thing.

Well?Outcomes and lessons learnt.

We learnt a lot about team

work.

We actually impressed ourselves.

We reached a lot of people (all things considered).

We need to fix a few thing.

^s

We learnt a lot from this presentation.

Image CreditsBarista http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barista_COSTA_COFFEE.JPG

Dolphin Playing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sergesegal/3723657813

Robbiesydney Flickr (Kookaburras and Lorikeet pictures) https://www.flickr.com/photos/robbiesydney/Bicycles on beach Nicolai Bangsgaard

Baby wombat: http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/the-40-most-adorable-baby-animal-photographs-of-2013#.tw2Ybom2Xd

Crowdhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_moses_namkung_-_The_Crowd_For_DMB_1.jpg