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Mystakidis, Stylianos and Herodotou, Christothea (2016). OpenQuest: Designing a Motivational Frameworkfor MOOCs Instruction. In: MOOCs in Europe, European Commission, Maastricht, pp. 141–145.
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OpenQuestDes ign ing a Mot iva t iona l F ramework
for MOOCs Ins t ruc t ion
Stylianos Mystakidis, University of Patras & JyväskyläChristothea Herodotou, The Open University
HOME MOOC Conference, 30/11/2015, Rome Italy
Warning: This presentation is full of #got spoilers!
Winter is coming
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MOOCsare
coming
In Higher Education…
Winter is here
MOOCsare here
In Higher Education…
We are all white walkers
Aim
To develop a framework -OpenQuestFramework- which will potentially tackle the need for motivating learners towards MOOC completion and contribute to the affective realm of course design.
Developing OpenQuest Framework
OpenQuest Underpinnings
Self-Determination Theory
Flow Theory
Gameful Design
OpenQuest Framework 1/3: Quests
1. MOOC as Adventure Space with Learning Activities as interconnected Quests
• Why? Effective for learning performance,persistence, engagement
• Quests can be arranged in the form of aStory/Narrative where learners’ decisionsand performance determine the story
• Quests can be linked with other gamemechanics such as levels and badges
OpenQuest Framework 2/3
2. Reputation Systems (e.g. Badges, scores, levels)
• Why? Reinforcing participation and the creation of a community of learners
3. Adaptable Leaderboards (comparing with meaningfully-related others, e.g. teammates)
• Why? Increases intrinsic motivation
OpenQuest Framework 3/3
4. Collaborative mechanisms• Why? Motivational cornerstone of successful
MMOs for playing persistence• Responsibility towards team members5. Sophisticated User Feedback through Timed
Triggers and unexpected Rewards• Why? Reinforcement of learners participation
OpenQuest Learning Path
You KnoW somethingjon snow
Stylianos MystakidisChristothea Herodotou
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[email protected]@open.ac.uk
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