gamification in education

Presenter: Natalie Denmeade

@moodlemuse

Why games light up your

hippocampus, and exams do not

iMoot 2013 - Session B-33 Gamification in Moodle- more than just badges

http://2013.imoot.org/course/view.php?id=491



Gamification in Moodle

a) I will give you a Moodle for Motivation poster if you ask 2 questions during this presentation

b) What questions do you have about gamification and education?

c) I bet you can't ask me a question about gamification that I can't answer!

d) I will feel really sad if no-one asks any questions about gamification :(

Which statement most motivates you?

It's not what you do .. but why you do itBartle Player Types


Questions about Gamification in Education with Moodle

Tweet questions to #m4e http://bit.ly/106ZMmV

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Wo r ld

Interacting

Play

ersActing

Killer

Socialiser

Explorer

Achiever


Wo rld

Interacting

Play

ers

Acting

http://bit.ly/11XHfOk

Write EssayChat - Interview

Database - structured info

Forum asynchronous discussion

Glossary – define / rate concepts

Lesson - pathways of learning

Quiz - Multiple choice

Wiki - collect info

Workshop - peer assessment

Forum - online debate

Which Moodle Activity BEST suits each player type?

Killer

Socialiser

Explorer

Achiever

http://bit.ly/11XHfOk


Wo rld

Interacting

Play

ers

Acting

Write Essay

Chat - Interview

Database – structured info

Forum asynchronous discussion

Glossary – define / rate concepts

Lesson pathways of learning

Quiz - Multiple choice

Wiki

Workshop - peer assessment

Forum - online debate

Killer

Socialiser

Explorer

Achiever

Which Moodle Activity BEST suits each player type?


eAssessment

makes me feel

like getting on a

hippo and riding

off into the sunset

Exam Time!


The Hippocampus?

http://blog.superbetter.com/show-me-the-science-resilience-games-post-traumatic-growth-and-more/

The hippocampus is the part of our brain used when committing something to long term memory ”“




What lights up your hippocampus?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzLjXF--G1w

The more the hippocampus is lit up the more likely we are to repeat a new behaviour…

400% improvements in long term behaviour change

Jane McGonigal ”

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzLjXF--G1w


What can we borrow from games?In

the

flow

Build resilience by balancing positive and negative emotions

A feeling of continuous progression

Clear goals, rules, feedback and choices

Use extrinsic motivation to build intrinsic motivation

Offer status, access, power and stuff - in that order


Negative vs Positive emotions

http://www.mrtoledano.com/gamers/04

JoyReliefLove

Surprise pride

Curiosityexcitement

awe/wonder contentment

creativity.

http://www.mrtoledano.com/gamers/04


What is a game?When you strip away the genre differences and the technological complexities, all games share four defining traits: a goal, rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation.

Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken

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http://janemcgonigal.com/my-book/

100 billion angry birds have been hurled 200 million minutes

every day

10 million Minecrafters241,920,000 logins per month1,000 logins per hour2,000,000,000 files downloaded

http://janemcgonigal.com/my-book/


Four Common ElementsElement Angry Birds Tetris Linked In

(a non-game example)

Goals Kill Pigs Fill an entire row Online Resume - join discussions

Rules Have to fling the birds in the right direction

Within the time given turn the blocks to build up rows

Only members can seeMust get connected to as many people as possible

Feedback Pigs die (audio/animation)

Points, Score, Game ends when top is reached

Progress Bar Leaderboard – Most popular

Voluntary Participation

Choose your level of achievement within each level

Choose to beat your own score eg 12,000 points

Log in, optional subscription to discussions


Four Elements – applied in EducationElement Games 1995 - Paper

based Assessment by

Distance Learning

2015 – Learning Management

Systems

Goals Small goals Big Goals ( 1 or 2 major assessments)

??

Rules Clear objectives Too much information (1000 page text

books)

??

Feedback Quick feedback on achieving objective

- Anonymous

Wait for the results (often weeks after

the class has finished) - Public

Failure

??

Voluntary Participatio

n

I can leave at any time –

I am in control

Teacher centred ??


Four elements – applied in MoodleElement Course –

eg How to pour a Beer

Core Moodle LMS Moodle Plugins

Goals What activities do I have to do? (Elements of Competence)

• Check boxes• Gradebook

Progress Bar

Rules/Challenges/Obstacles

When are they due? How can I submit my work? (Assignments)

• Due Dates (My Home)• Lesson• Groups

Collapsed Topic

Feedback Have I done enough , am I finished yet? Did I pass (Gradebook)

• Completion Block• Gradebook• Permissions• Badges Moodle 2.5

Moo Profile

Voluntary Participation

Self-directed, self-assessment, self- paced (RPL)

• Groups• Conditional Activities

Self enrol groups based on choice


Motivation Loops

Motivation

Action

Reward

activity.


Pitfalls of Gamification DesignThe introduction of carefully selected extrinsic rewards, built around a design that speaks to intrinsic motivational states (sometimes not the ones most closely aligned with the behaviour we seek to change), is the most powerful design model we have today.

Status – we do it because other people will think we’re

cool

Access – to something special that other people

don’t have

Power – able to do certain things

Stuff – tangible rewards: Awards, Badges, Certificates, Virtual Goods, Points, Levels,

Scores

Gabe Zichermann http://www.gamification.co/2011/10/27/intrinsic-and-extrinsic-motivation-in-gamification/

Rewards

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http://www.gamification.co/2011/10/27/intrinsic-and-extrinsic-motivation-in-gamification/




Insatiable expectations of the caudate and thalamus

Since extrinsic incentives will ultimately decrease a person’s intrinsic motivation for the gamified behaviour…. The key realization is that gamification doesn’t have to work long term to create sustainable value. It just has to work long enough for some other processes to take over as the primary driver of value.

activity.

Michael Wu : The Gamification Backlash + Two Long Term Business Strategies

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http://lithosphere.lithium.com/t5/science-of-social-blog/The-Gamification-Backlash-Two-Long-Term-Business-Strategies/ba-p/30891







Relatedness

Autonomy

Mastery

Self-Determination Theory

Intrinsic Motivation


Intrinsic MotivationIntrinsic - conscious satisfaction Mastery - achieving something

ie. Self-Assessment checkpoints , formative Assessment

Autonomy - I’m in control, doing it by my own free choice. Player’s choice, not game’sie. Self-directed and self-paced learning pathways

Relatedness - activity is connected to something beyond myself, meaning and purposeie. Scenarios and simulations experiential/constructivist learningProject Based Learning

http://gamifyforthewin.com/



Insatiable ExpectationsA positive feedback loop that ultimately turns the gamified activity into something intrinsically motivating for the player. So even though gamification doesn’t work long term, it doesn’t have to. It just has to work long enough for the player to realize the value he creates.

activity.

Michael Wu : The Gamification Backlash + Two Long Term Business Strategies

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Insatiable Expectations

Make it social, make it meaningful and give people some freedom. Then, integrate a well thought out reward system (points, badges etc).

If you do it this way around, you are not creating a system that relies on the rewards to run. That way, you get the intrinsically motivated people anyway and those that are there for rewards are catered for.

activity.

http://marczewski.me.uk/user-types/

Andrzej Marczewski

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http://www.yars.co.uk/




Insatiable Expectations

activity.





Define Business ObjectivesDelineate target behaviorsDescribe your playersDevise your activity loops

Don't forget the funDeploy the appropriate tools

6 Step Gamification Design Framework (Kevin Werbach)

http://gamifyforthewin.com



SummaryBut real gamification lies not in the scattershot application of points (or badges, or whatever) but in the design of a learning experience that engages (and delights!) learners and helps them to see where they are going and how they are doing at any one time (feedback).

http://mozuku.edublogs.org/2013/02/08/efl-gamification-1/

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What can we borrow from games?In

the

flow

Build resilience by balancing positive and negative emotions


Clear goals, rules, feedback and choices

Use extrinsic motivation to build intrinsic motivation

Offer status, access, power and stuff - in that order


Julian Ridden - Moodle Course

http://features.demo.moodle.com.au/course/view.php?id=4

http://features.demo.moodle.com.au/course/view.php?id=4


Natalie Denmeade - Moodle Course

http://www.md.moojoo.com.au/

Demo courses in gamification

Moodle Gradebook configuration– Custom scales– Custom Totals and categories– Custom links eg Scoreboard

Progress Bar with starsdownload customised versionCollapsed topic multi-column layoutGroup self-selection Profile Block

http://www.md.moojoo.com.au/

https://github.com/ndenmeade/Moodle-block_progress


Moodle for Motivation Guidehttp://bit.ly/106ZMmV

http://bit.ly/106ZMmV


Further InformationLinked in Group“Moodle For Motivation” Share ideas and resources

Natalie [email protected] [email protected]

CreditsHippo artwork: Gabe Cunnett [email protected] of gamers: Mr ToledanoUnless noted, all images public domain from wikimedia

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