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‘Gamification’ - the use of game elements in non-game contexts - has rapidly become one of the current hottest trends. This presentation presents an overview of what gamification is and isn’t, and reports on the author’s experiences using this approach in a graduate level education class as well as the early results of a comparison between gamified and non-gamified sections of a freshman introduction to computers course. In the current course, the non-gamified sections employ a fairly standard structure that includes various assignments spread out throughout the term, various in-class activities, and both a midterm and final exam. The gamified section organizes all student work into various quests worth from 10 to 200 ‘experience points’ (XP), most of which have no set deadlines. While the quests are effectively equivalent in grade weight to the assignments of the more traditional sections, students in the gamified section start off with a score of zero (0) and every quest they submit contributes to their final grade cumulatively. A final score of 1000 is equivalent to 100%, but the total number of possible XP is 1435. All quests were made available to students at the beginning of term; some could be repeated for XP and included a variety of ‘guild’ (group) quests and ‘solo’ quests; and many quests could be repeated to earn additional XP. The presentation will provide some background on gamification, detail the course structure, highlight early successes and failures, and conclude with strategies for incorporating meaningful gamification in other courses.
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Gamification:
How to Gamify Learning and InstructionPART 1
Katrin Becker
2023-04-11 ACCP-CAID Gamification Master Class 2
© 2013 K.Becker
Overview
Introductions1. Who Am I2. What AM I Playing Now?
Part 1: What's All the Buzz?3. What is Gamification?4. An Inadvertent Con?5. Gamification is NOT New6. What IS New?7. Designing Instruction to be Playful8. Do's & Don'ts
Part 2: Case Study9. Baby Steps: Gamification on a Small Scale10.Increasing the Stakes11.Going All the Way: The Current Experiment12.Jumping the Gun - Early Conclusions
Part 3: De-BriefingFurther Resources
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Katrin Becker, PhD
Who Am I?
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What am I playing Now?
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Part 1: What's All the Buzz? Wading through the Hype
The Gamification
Revolution!!!
http://www.gamification.co/
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What is Gamification?
The use of game elements in non-game contexts.
Deterding, S. (2012). 9.5 Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Gamification. Microsoft Research. [Microsoft Research Video] Retrieved from http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/dl.aspx?id=174677&l=i on 12 October 2012.
Part 1: What's All the Buzz?
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Game Elements?
System Elements
Part 1: What's All the Buzz?
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An Inadvertent Con?Part 1: What's All the Buzz?
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Gamification is NOT NewPart 1: What's All the Buzz?
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What about formal learning?Part 1: What's All the Buzz?
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Formal Learning is Already a Game (!)Part 1: What's All the Buzz?
course requirements policies / regulations
assignmentsgrades
passing course
game objectivesgame rulesquestsXPwinning the game
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What IS New?Part 1: What's All the Buzz?
Chris Haskell, The Game-Based Curriculum: Directing Learning with Quests, Badges, Achievements, & Truly Personalized Learning, EdWeb Webinar, May 2013
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Designing Instruction to be Playful
• Labels can be powerful.• Make sure meanings are CLEAR• Tasks: Quests, Boss Battles• Groups: Guilds / Solo• Roles: Game Master; Player; NPC• Grades: XP; Achievements; Levels
• Focus on objective.• Unlockable Content / Quests• Earned Rewards• Avatars
Part 1: What's All the Buzz?
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Key ElementsPart 1: What's All the Buzz?
Flexible Path Choice
1. Must earn 'N' XP.2. Here are 'M' things • totalling >N XP (*important*)
3. Must do at LEAST these: ____4. The rest is up to you.
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Key ElementsPart 1: What's All the Buzz?
Competency Driven
1. Quests activities; things to DO
2. Focus on:
1. Activities that match objectives
2. How learners can demonstrate competence
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Key ElementsPart 1: What's All the Buzz?
Accumulative Grades
• Everything the learner does for points ADDS to the total.
• NOTHING the learner does can lower their grade.
• What if they blow an assignment quest?• How to control submissions?
Welcome to COMP 1103….…..you all have ZERO
