Gamifying Learning

Apostolos Koutropoulos

EDDE 803November 2015

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Pick your time machine of choice...

Huizinga and the Magic Circle

Board games (Monopoly)

Huizinga and the Magic Circle

Athletic Magic Circles (Soccer)

Huizinga and the Magic Circle

Virtual Worlds (Star Trek Online)

Huizinga and the Magic Circle

Augmented Reality Games

(Ingress)

Magic Circle bleeding through to real life?

Deterding et al.

Jen Porter, EDDE 801

Gee’s Gaming Principles

Jen Porter, EDDE 801

Caillois Typology

Caillois, R. (1958). Les jeux et hommes. Gallimard (p. 92)

Bartle’s Player Types

Manrique game mechanicsOn-boarding

Late on-boardingMidgame

Late-midgameEndgame

Everlasting Experience(partial list)

Manrique game mechanicsOn-boarding

Late on-boardingMidgame

Late-midgameEndgame

Everlasting Experience(partial list)

Gamification...defined?“the use of game mechanics and experience design to digitally engage and motivate people to achieve their goals”

(Burke, 2014, p. 6).

Non-game contexts

Nike+GoWalla (ca. 2010)

Gamification meets Instructional Design

Structural GamificationGamification as a wrapper to current

Using game elements to engage learners

If your current content is boring… you still have a problem

Some Tips:

Yes to smaller goals, building up to a bigger goal

Opt-in status mechanisms

Use tracking mechanisms

Do not overuse extrinsic rewards

Perpetually adapt

Content GamificationModifying existing content to be more game-

like

Using game lingo and developing a magic circle

No need to create an entire game

Some mechanics to keep in mind:

Stories

Challenges

Curiosity

Interactivity

Feedback

Freedom to fail

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LARP Orc

Remember this?

The end...continue?

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