Gamification.

General data.

Digital native vs Digital immigrant.

Digital natives

New generation of
young people born into
the digital age.

They process
information quickly,
enjoy multi-tasking and
gaming

Digital immigrants

Those who learnt to use
computers at some stage
during their adult life.

-They were born before
1980s.
-The older crew, they
weren’t raised in a digital
environment.

What is Gamification?

According to Werbach and Hunter (2012), “it
is the use of game elements and game design

techniques in non-game contexts”

It means: Triggering intrinsic and extrinsic

motivation in students to develop their skills

through engaging activities with an

educational purpose.

What is the objective of
using gamification?

• The main objective of Gamification is to increase

participation

and

motivate

users

using

game

elements

such

as

points,

leaderboards,

and

immediate feedback among other things.

• It is based in the success of the gaming industry,

social media, and decades of research in human

psychology. Basically, any task, assignment, process

or theoretical context can be gamified.

What game elements can I use in a class?

• Points, badges, leaderboards, progress
bars/progression charts, performance graphs, quests,
levels, avatars, social elements, and rewards. All these
elements have different purposes and can be adapted
to basically any work, business or education related
environment.

How would
you use the
following
game
elements?

Game elements

Badges

Levels

Leaderboards

Progress bar

They

represent

student's achievements.
Marks, insignias…

Game

element

that

allows players to see
where they are and how
they progressed.

Scoreboard showing
names and current
scores.

Graphical control
element used to
visualize the progression
of a game.

Virtual currency

Awards, trading and

gifting

Challenges between users

Coins or tokens used to
reward players and
create game economy.

Incentives players
receive for any
achievement.

Competitions in which two or more people are
engaged.

Other ways to apply gamification in the classroom.

Class competitions:

Contest in which two or more
people

are

engaged

where

typically

only

one

or

afew

participants will win, and others
will not.

Teacher vs. Class:

Students must follow a rule that
the teacher sets. Anytime a
student follows the rule, the Class
gets a point. Anytime a student
does not follow a rule, the
teacher gets a point.

Awards:

a prize or other mark of
recognition given in honor of an
achievement.

Giving learning badges:

a special or distinctive mark,
token, or device worn as a sign of
membership and achievement.

Benefits of gamification.

1.

Increases

learner

engagement.

When learners feel positive about their learning process and know that they are going to be rewarded in some way for their efforts, then they stop becoming passive observers and turn into active participants.

2.

Makes

eLearning

fun

and

interactive.

Gamification in eLearning makes learning not only informative, but fun and exciting too. This creates the feeling of immersion, which offers learners the opportunity to feel as though they are an integral part of the overall learning process

Quizlet

Quizlet is a free website providing learning tools for students, including flashcards, study and game modes.

You start by creating your own study sets with terms and definitions.

Create

You can copy and paste from another source, or use Quizlet´s built-in auto-define feature to speed up to creating process.

Add

Over

40

million

user-

generated flashcard sets
are on the website.

Find

Track your progress with
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Study

Review

your

material,

shuffle/randomize,

or

listen with audio.

Flashcards

Track your correct-incorrect answersand retest the ones you´ve missed.

Learn

Randomly generate tests based on your flashcard set.

Test

Scatter

Race against the clock to drag and match terms and definitions.

Access to the platform

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Research shows that testing yourself with

flashcards is more effective than rereading

your notes. From math to medicine to modern

languages, Quizlet is used by students in over

100 different subjects.

Loved by educators in over 50% of U.S.

schools and 150 countries.