Playful learning
Thijs de Vries - GWC ‘14 @thijsdevries
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What is playful learning?
Playful?
Learning?
Christopher Niemiec & Richard Ryan
“Students tend to learn better and are more creative when intrinsically motivated.”
Autonomy, competence and relatedness in the classroom (2009)
Playing as children
Free space to play
Getting better at something
Creating meaningful stories
Free space to play
Getting better at something
Creating meaningful stories
Free space to play
Creating meaningful stories
Getting better at something
Daniel Pink
“If you want to intrinsically motivate people, you need autonomy, mastery and purpose.”
Drive (2011)
When dœs learning become playful?
Autonomy MeaningMastery
When dœs learning become playful?
Autonomy
Autonomy
Extrinsic control
Intrinsic control
Structure No structure
Autonomy
Extrinsic control
Intrinsic control
Structure No structure
Autonomy
Extrinsic control
Intrinsic control
Structure No structure
Exams
Grades Mentors
Electives
Learning goals
Mastery
Long-term goal
Medium-term goal
Short-term goal
Skills / Time
Difficulty
Skills / Time
Difficulty
Skills / Time
Difficulty
Skills / Time
Difficulty
Skills / Time
Difficulty
Skills / Time
Flow
Boredom
Aversion
Difficulty
Long-term goal
Medium-term goal
Short-term goal
Skills / Time
Boredom
Aversion
Difficulty
Long-term goal
Medium-term goal
Short-term goal
Skills / Time
Boredom
Aversion
Difficulty
Small targets leading to big goals
Finding the right challenge for each student
Meaning
human-like positive feedback
social connections
add (fictional) meaning
You learn better when intrinsically motivated
Offer choice for the feeling control
Offer the right challenge
Create meaningful context
Learning = playful
