Gamification of Learning

Learn how incorporating a sense of play into your classroom or elearning environment can make your content more engaging and help students retain more information.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Why games?
• Exercise files

1. Exploring Gamification

• The elements of gamification
• Game thinking
• Games vs. gamification
• Games, gamification, and simulations
• Content gamification
• Structural gamification

2. Gamification in Action: Three Case Studies

• Gamification in sales training
• Gamification in retail training
• Gamification in the classroom

3. Theory Behind the Practice

• Scaffolding
• Self-determination theory
• Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
• Spaced retrieval and practice
• Episodic memory

4. Gamification Dynamics

• Race and escape
• Collecting, acquiring, and allocating resources
• Mystery and discovery
• Strategy
• Constructing and creating
• Pattern recognition

5. Elements of Gamification

• Goals, rules, and objectives
• Conflict, competition, and cooperation
• Types of feedback
• Rewards and achievements
• Points, badges, and leaderboards
• Levels
• Storytelling
• Failure and replayability
• Scoring

6. Implementing Gamification

• Thinking like a game designer: Part one
• Thinking like a game designer: Part two
• Gamification in the classroom
• Gamification in elearning

Conclusion

• When to use gamification
• Next steps