When thinking about course design, one of my favourite topics is making learning fun and...
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When thinking about course design, one of my favourite topics is making learning fun and engaging by gamifying the experience. Whether I’m working on a course with a few gamified elements (such as a badging strategy) or going for a full game-based experience complete with some storytelling, I’m keeping in mind pedagogical best practices, as well as Bartle’s Taxonomy of Player Types (one can see parallels between players and learners when doing a high-level strategy design of their course).
Are you gamifying your courses? Any creative tips or tricks you’d like to share?
If your organization has access to the Game-Based Learning (GBL) tool, have you had a chance to try it out in your courses? Do you have any creative use cases?
If you haven’t had a chance to interact with this tool yet, or need a refresher, check out a video I recently published with some tips and best practices.
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There are so many ways to add in a little fun!
- Create a badging strategy with a fun theme (I recently did a course with a treasure hunt theme)
- Add in [Archived Content] some Easter Eggs (thanks for asking about these in the Community @Nancy Evans )
- Add in a character who progresses/grows/journeys along with the students, this could be in the Module description.
Community members: Add an idea of your own! Have you tried something recently? Or are you mulling over an idea you'd like to try?
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I didn't know Game Based Learning was an option in Brightspace! This is a great way to get students engaged with the content they are learning. On a recent project, my team tried to add more games into their teaching using interactives or taking more of a blended learning approach. One lesson took a tough topic of reflecting and added a video game theme to make it more engaging for primary students. We used a mixture of character engagement, a video, and illustrations. It turned out great. Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for the link to player types - very interesting! I can see how that connects to online learning.
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This is really neat- Thanks for sharing this with the group Amber!
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Awesome - thanks for sharing! 😀
