Teachers’ Guide

4.4 Gamification

Gamification of education can help students be more motivated and engaged, and can make it easier to remember what they’ve learned. Enthusiastic teachers have started using game-based learning techniques in their classrooms, which provides lots of learning opportunities online for students who prefer a game-like experience.

Gamification has surged in popularity and has quickly become one of the most talked about trends. Gamification.org was created to be the ultimate resource for the emerging Gamification Industry, creating a collaborative space for those interested to come together as a community and learn and explore what works and what doesn't and to collectively benefit from the knowledge and wisdom of the community.

Gamification can work with education. It can intensify the user experience by introducing a high degree of interactivity and practice.

Benefits

• Increase interactivity– Instead of just reading text, students are actually doing something and still going through the same content
• Increase awareness – Students can be put in scenarios that will make them do and understand things which in a normal computer based training may not.
• Reward challenging tasks – Meeting deadlines, goals, targets, etc.

Most educators hold that gamifying is the process of learning through a variety of new techniques using technology. The 21st century education poses new demands on students: they have to engage, recognize their interests, and know what to learn.

Online Resources

• Games and Gamification Examples of several games.
• Welcome to the Gamification WikipediaThe site helps those who are interested in implementing such a strategy. Gamification can take many forms, so it’s important to evaluate all of our options.
• Welcome to the Gamification WikipediaThe site helps those who are interested in implementing such a strategy. Gamification can take many forms, so it’s important to evaluate all of our options.
• Gamification in Education: Top 10 Gamification Case Studies that will Change our Future The site presents a number of ingenious approaches intended not only to improve the learning process, but also to produse more effective educational environments.
• 7 Good Examples of Gamification in EducationThe site presents good examples of gamification in education.
• E-Learning Industry, 5 Killer Examples Of Gamified eLearningThe article presents five examples of great gamified eLearning and guide the reader how to set about their own great gamified course.
• The 15 Best Gamification Resources for Trainers and EducatorsIt offers educators an excelent guide on how to manage gamification.
• Gamification Blogs & ExpertsThese sites have some of the most insightful information and best ideas about how to use gamification to significantly improve education for everyone.