Gamification, Instructional Design Strategy

1. Dr. Jason Murray

3. Gaming
 Gamification
 Serious Games
 Multiplayer Classrooms

4. Gamification
 The use of game elements and game
design techniques in non-game context

5. Fitness

6. Utility Companies

7. Points, Badges, & Leader
boards

8. Strategies
 Gamify grading, homework, &
assessments
 Award students with badges
 Group a series of badges into another
system of rewards (certificates, levels, etc)
 Create competition
 Teams
 Group projects

9. Unification
 Theme
 Common goal on top of learning objects
to invoke competition

10. Techniques
 Activities become quests
 Web quests
 Research becomes scavenger hunts
 QR codes
 Traditional assignments with a new twist

11. Mechanics
 Challenges
 Chance
 Competition
 Cooperation
 Feedback
 Resource acquisition
 Rewards
 Transactions
 Turns
 Win states

12. Examples
 Points, Badges, & Leader boards
 Board games
 Scavenger hunts
 QR codes
 Projects
 Quests
 Assessments
 Jump to #
 Learning Menus

13. Tools
 Badges
 Onlinebadgemaker.com
 Classbadges.com
 Class Dojo
 Kahoot
 Socrative
 Zondle

14. Serious Games

15. Serious Games -
Simulations

16. Example - Virtonomics

17. Other Examples
 Virtual tours
 Interactive spreadsheets
 Game shows
 Real time strategy game
 Virtual labs
 Assignments with spins
 Board games
 Life
 Monopoly

18. Multiplayer Classroom
 Story
 Characters
 Goals
 Obstacles
 Feedback

19. Development - Strategic
 Strategic approach
 Avatars
 Roles
 Crafts
 Quests
 Levels & Points
 Lands

20. Development - Implementation
 Crafting
 Blog post (15 pts)
 Podcast (10 pts)
 HW (20 pts)
 Quests
 Culminating Project (30 pts)
 Battles
 Quiz (pts based upon performance)
 Test (pts based upon performance)

21. Development - Restrictions
 Complete at least
 10 crafts
 5 quests
 2 battles
 Conquering a level
 Must score ?? on the last major battle
 Bonus
 Complete each example within a land (topic)

22. Assessment
Level Points Grade
10 2000 A
9 1700 B
8 1600 C
7 1500 D
6 1400 F
5 1200 -
4 1000 -
3 700 -
2 500 -
1 200 -
0 0 -

23. Alfonso Gonzalez
www.educatoral.com/wordpress

24. Questions
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