Level Up! Gamifying the 22 Century Classroom

Dina Moati @dinamoati

The What, Why and How?

What?

Gamification is the concept of applying game-design ELEMENTS and thinking to NON-game

applications to make them more fun and engaging.

(Gamification.org, 2013)

• Storyline / Narrative • Tracking of progress and mastery

(XP, Badges, score boards, virtual maps )• Immediate Feedback

• Reinforcers• Scaffolding

• Increasing Difficulty, Leveling System• Low Risk of Failure

(makeups and Try agains)• Choice

Let’s Talk Elements

A Tale of Two Dots

>Mastery>Storyline

>Tracking of progress & mastery>Scaffolding

>Immediate Feedback>Low Risk of Failure

>Scaffolding>Immediate Feedback>Mastery

Why?

Encourages mastery, creativity and exploration.

(Jones, 2011)

Provide an interactive

experience that actively engages

learners.((All4Ed), 2009)

Meets individual student needs and

learning preferences.

(Jones, 2011)

Empowers students in an environment that requires more responsibility for

their own learning. (Commlab, 2014)

A miniature from a 14th century manuscript showing Henry of Germany delivering a lecture at the University of Bologna (facultystaff, 2015)

Why?

Brain-based learning

It is more difficult to learn anything if you are not motivated and

engaged.

Why Gamify?

How

• Create a theme/story…• Quests• Badges• Avatars• XP points • Leaderboard