A presentation at the Gamification World Congress 2016 in Madrid. The talk touched on the H2020 BEACONING approach and showcase the gamified play lesson concept that will innovate the way lesson plans are designed in formal education. The use of gamification in a hybrid space as the key inspiration for the creation of the BEACONING Meta-Game was discussed. http://www.gwc-conference.com/gwc-2016/speakers/sylvester-arnab/

1. Sylvester Arnab, PhD
Reader in Game Science
Disruptive Media LearningLab(DMLL.org.uk)
CoventryUniversity, UK
@sarnab75 #gamification #BeaconingEU
Play Learn in
Everyday Spaces

3. Disruptions and Opportunities

4. Do it the traditional way?

5. http://dmll.org.uk/projects/

6. Motivation

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Breaking Educational Barriers with Contextualised,
Pervasive and Gameful Learning
• Start date: 01-01-2016
• Coordinator: Coventry University,
UK
• 15 partners
• 9 countries: UK, SP, DE, RO, FR, PT, IT, PO, FR
• Budget: EUR 5,902,772.13
• Duration: 36 months
• H2020 ICT-20-2015: Technologies for
better human learning and teaching
http://Beaconing.eu

11. www.beaconing.eu
LEARNING SHOULD BE...
Anytime
anywhere
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Pervasive
and context-
aware
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Pedagogically
driven
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PLAYFUL
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Accessible
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Analyzable/
traceable
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13. http://chronicle.com/article/The-Looming-Gamification-of/233992
Remixing play - Gamification as Experience Design?

14. poetpainter.com
(Amy Jo Kim, MFW15)

15. Merging Physical and Digital

16. Crossings between
Pervasive Gaming
and Gamification?

17. Mission
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Mission
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Mission
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Lesson path
Meta-Game Narratives
= level up point e.g. secret door, unlocking level, etc… = activities/quests e.g. location based tasks, mini games,
classroom work, etc…

20. Pedagogically driven design of the gamified experience
Conclusions
Appetite for Pervasive and Hybrid learning experience
Technologically challenging – blending context, assessment…
Holistic and
Inclusive
Participatory >5000 students
in >6 countries

21. Thank You!
@sarnab75 #gamification @beaconingEU
Sylvester Arnab, PhD
Reader in Game Science
s.arnab@coventry.ac.uk
Blog: https://sylvesterarnab.com/