Over the last few years I have used Open Badges to improve motivation. My preferred platform is Moodle , but there are others like Openbadges.me available. The most successful project has been where the students were in charge of distributing Master or Mentor Badges. We made a video of the Award Ceremony which you can […]
Another great game from Jane McGonigal. So many ideas here to steal! Log in and start playing … I really like the positive vs shadow columns. It really gets group discussion going. In class I would do this with sticky notes. “Welcome to the year 2026, where strange and surprising things are happening .Anyone can
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In 2010, the World Bank sponsored a gamification project based in South Africa and involved people from 150 other countries. The link above to the lessons learned discussion offers many great ideas and observations that gamification designers can use. EVOKE was developed by the World Bank Institute, the learning and knowledge arm of the World Bank
Developers in Johannesburg have created Fundasmart Virtual Learning Labs. They provide virtual space for students to conduct experiments which cut costs on perishable laboratory material like chemical materials. They can share virtual simulations and resources and make these available to many users at any time. The labs are connected to a complete virtual learning environment
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Virtual Worlds are a novel approach to education. Afri-one was the winning team from the eLearning Africa Hackathon in 2015. The members, from Congo, Kenya, and Madagascar, had an idea to create a virtual world that represents each of their cultures. Basic daily routines, rituals, and greetings would introduce children to unique features of many
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Ubongo, based in Dar Es Salaam Tanzania, create an edu-cartoon watched by over 1.4 million Tanzanians on free to air national television. Children watching the Saturday morning shows are invited to interact through SMS on basic mobile phones. The talking / rapping Giraffe will phone the child and ask a series of maths questions. If
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This report is about Natalie Denmeade’s 2016 Study Tour to South and East Africa – This work was produced with funding from a NSW Premier Scholarship. It includes six case-studies of Gamification in Education. The recommendations are that TAFE NSW promote their excellent World Wide English resources to meet demands in East Africa, and that
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This week our family tried out Connected Camps, a free Minecraft Server set up and moderated by Teachers. I was surprised it actually was free! We looked at the schedule and realised we would have to be up early to fit in with US Pacific Time. My son was sleeping but I figured he wouldn’t
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