A collection of examples of Educational Games and Gamification being used by Teachers around the world. These case studies show techniques used to apply game elements within an Educational context to re-frame a learning objective to seem more appealing and achievable.
This is the most shocking, yet insightful example of applying game elements to elicit the desired behaviour from the participant. This child was shielded from tragic consequences because survival was turned into a game of hide and seek. Life Is Beautiful (Italian: La vita è bella [la ˈviːta ɛ bˈbɛlla]) is a 1997 Italian comedy-drama […]
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An early example of Gamification in Moodle LMS using simple activity restrictions. As you work through this course you can unlock Achievements. But we won’t be making it easy on you soldier. You will need to work with your squad in order to unlock them all. Also keep an eye out for “Slouch Hats” as
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There is a bit of an arms race on at the moment to develop educationally useful bespoke content and platforms. One entrant is Sydney based company altavr.io, which like Facebook is trying to develop a social VR environment – a sort of VR version of Minecraft. See their early product demo. As you will appreciate,
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Set up a group quiz for teams by adding topics and points to a spreadsheet. Demo:https://www.flippity.net/qs.php?k=1I2YrAe3js6bRRZT6aGwO9KBi-U2YYfRI1jT29o4ccDs Instructions:https://www.flippity.net/QuizShow.htm
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Set up a Scavenger Hunt in less than an hour with this spreadsheet back-end approach Demo: https://www.flippity.net/sh.php?k=1ubDVulJpW7B2NDDuHMA1CtBwRxGiehQQZzeJpExdcwQ Instructions: https://flippity.net/ScavengerHunt.htm
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Our family reviewed a website called ‘Jam’ and really liked it. We did the 7 day trial. The fee is $99 for access to the course materials for a year. I really liked the sequencing and hands-on approach. You are presented with a challenge like: ‘make a pathway and ramps for a marble to run
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This website has a browser-based tool to create movies and posters from a pool of assets on a theme. The example here is the movie ‘Ten Canoes’. Student can preview movie clips and drag them onto a timeline to make their own movie. They can also make a poster by adding images and text boxes.
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This is more of a Game / Simulation than Gamification, but it has huge potential for uses in Gamification. The image at the top of this Blog is me in a Hospital. I could morph between being a patient or a nurse by stepping on a block. There are a few dozen other kids role-playing
Could you live without your Garbage Bin? The Zero Waste challenge is to not use your Garbage Bin anymore. No more plastic, only organic waste into a compost pile. The aim is to: Refuse, reduce, recover, reuse and recycle. I just read an article by a participant who explains her motivation using Octalysis and Hooked Frameworks.
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Today I reviewed a Gamification website called Skoolbo. I have heard my children talk about this and watched them play a little. They seemed to really like it – but had forgotten their passwords. I decided to try to login and set up a ‘Mega Mind Challenge’ which challenged me with: Can your class win
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