The focus of the Academic Adoption Day was gamification as it is fast emerging as an effective technique to engage learners. This session provides an opportunity for those who attended to showcase their gamification prowess. Attendees will be called upon to help evaluate and decide our gamification team for 2017!

1. Game on!
Mark Bailye & Nicole Wall
Blackboard

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Overview
Academic Adoption Day
• What is it?
• A few examples
• What we learnt

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AAD – what is it?

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Experience a gamified course
that blends people, places and
technology
Explore and unpack
implementation approaches to
course building
Engage with technologies and
build practical examples

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Examples from AAD

7. 77Where‘s Wally

8. 88Eggcellent Eggsperts

9. 99Magic Eggs … but this is not them!

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AAD - what we learnt

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Gamification
What is it?
• “the use of game thinking and game mechanics in
non-game contexts to engage users in solving
problems” Wikipedia

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Gamification – good practice
• Purpose/relevance for learners is clear
• Engages and entertains learners
• Captures (and retains) learners’ attention
• Incorporates challenges, exploration, choices and
consequences
• Provides timely feedback to learners
• Recognises accomplishments/achievements

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Gamification – things to avoid
• No clear instructions/aims
• Too focused on gaming and not learning
• Not engaging
• Too complex/easy
• Lacks variety/creativity
• Too many errors
• Needs to be accessible, inclusive

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Gamification – where to begin?
Define
purpose
aims & identify
learners
Design
a game plan
learning approach &
game elements
Build
the game
content &
technologies
Test
the game
reflect/revise content &
check for errors
Release
the game
monitor & evaluate
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