2014 CCCC Presentation (F.27)

1. Winning
(Beyond) the FYC
Writing Game:
Opening Writing
Networks
Sheryl Ruszkiewicz
Oakland University

2. What I’ll Cover
 Game-based learning and critical gamification
 FYC writing game
 Results
 Implications and further discussion

3. Game-based Learning and
Critical Gamification
 Game-based learning is “the integration of
games or gaming mechanics into educational
experiences” (The New Media Consortium,
2012)
 Game elements and design principles
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4. Game-based Learning and
Critical Gamification, 2
Games
(artifact)
Game
Mechanics
(experience)
Hodgson, J. (2013). Developing and Extending Gaming Pedagogy: Designing a Course as Game.
Rhetoric/Composition/Play.
Schultz
Colby and
Colby (2008)
Jackson
(2009)
Hodgson
(2013)
A.34

5. Game-based Learning and
Critical Gamification, 3
 Horizion Project Short List, Higher Education
Edition (2013)
 Approximately 97% of teens play some form
of video game in their free time (Pew
Research Center, 2008)

6. Intro
Team
Charter,
Gather
Info
FYC Writing Game
Trouble-
shooting
Device,
Repair,
Review
Social
circles,
Prewrite
Causal,
Proposal
Sources,
Annotated
Bib.
Rhetorical
Analysis
Library
Module
IMRAD,
Review,
Final
Paper
Game
Present

7. FYC Writing Game, 2
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8. FYC Writing Game, 3
Image: RyAwesome/flickr Image: Meijer

9. FYC Writing Game, 4
remixingcollegeenglish.wordpress.com/

10. FYC Writing Game, 4
 Composition II classes
 Research design
 Measures

11. FYC Writing Game, 5
 Experimental
 Competitive point total/leaderboard
 Quest/assignment scaffolding
 Assignment choice
 Grade contracts/conferences
 Collaboration
 Discussion format
 Games: artifact/example

12. Results
 Midterm questionnaire
 Final questionnaire
 Average final grades
 Average absences
 Sample size, meeting times

13. Implications
 Competition
 Effective game based-learning requires critical
design principles
 Further research on player-center design (Radoff,
2011)
Image: diligogames.blogspot.com/2011/06/diligo-slots-
motivate-us-competition.html

14. Questions?
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