The document discusses playful learning, which occurs when learning feels intrinsically motivated and play-like to students. Playful learning is defined by three key elements: autonomy, mastery, and meaning. Autonomy involves giving students a sense of control over their learning. Mastery refers to optimizing the level of challenge to match students' skills. Meaning involves connecting learning to social contexts or purposes that are meaningful to students. The goal of playful learning is to make the learning process feel self-directed and engaging rather than externally controlled.

1. Playful learning
Thijs de Vries - GWC ‘14
@thijsdevries

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3. Projects
Process Product

4. What is playful learning?

6. Playful?

7. Learning?

8. Christopher Niemiec & Richard Ryan
“Students tend to learn better and are more
creative when intrinsically motivated.”
Autonomy, competence and relatedness in the
classroom (2009)

9. Playing as children

10. Free space to play

11. Getting better at something

12. Creating meaningful stories

13. Free space to play
Getting better at something
Creating meaningful stories

14. Free space to play
Creating meaningful stories
Getting better at something

15. Daniel Pink
“If you want to intrinsically motivate people,
you need autonomy, mastery and purpose.”
Drive (2011)

16. When dœs learning become playful?

17. Autonomy MeaningMastery
When dœs learning become playful?

18. Autonomy

19. Autonomy
Extrinsic
control
Intrinsic
control
Structure No structure

22. Autonomy
Extrinsic
control
Intrinsic
control
Structure No structure

23. Autonomy
Extrinsic
control
Intrinsic
control
Structure No structure
Exams
Grades Mentors
Electives
Learning goals

24. Mastery

25. Long-term goal
Medium-term goal
Short-term goal

26. Skills / Time
Difficulty

27. Skills / Time
Difficulty

28. Skills / Time
Difficulty

29. Skills / Time
Difficulty

30. Skills / Time
Difficulty

31. Skills / Time
Flow
Boredom
Aversion
Difficulty

32. Long-term goal
Medium-term goal
Short-term goal
Skills / Time
Boredom
Aversion
Difficulty

33. Long-term goal
Medium-term goal
Short-term goal
Skills / Time
Boredom
Aversion
Difficulty
Small targets leading to big goals
Finding the right challenge for each student

34. Meaning

38. human-like positive feedback
social connections
add (fictional) meaning

40. You learn better when
intrinsically motivated

41. Offer choice for the feeling control

42. Offer the right challenge

43. Create meaningful context

44. Learning = playful

45. @thijsdevries
thijs@creativeseeds.nl
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