Gamification is applying game elements to non-game applications to increase engagement. The document discusses gamification elements like tracking progress, feedback, and scaffolding. It provides the examples of "Two Dots" which uses storyline, tracking, feedback, and scaffolding. Gamification encourages mastery, creativity, exploration by providing an interactive experience. It meets different learning preferences and empowers students to take responsibility for their learning. The document suggests how to gamify by creating themes, quests, badges, avatars, and leaderboards.

1. Level Up! Gamifying the
22 Century Classroom
Dina Moati
@dinamoati

2. The What, Why and How?

3. What?
Gamification is the concept of applying game-
design ELEMENTS and thinking to NON-game
applications to make them more fun and
engaging.
(Gamification.org, 2013)

5. • Storyline / Narrative
• Tracking of progress and mastery
(XP, Badges, score boards, virtual maps )
• Immediate Feedback
• Reinforcers
• Scaffolding
• Increasing Difficulty, Leveling System
• Low Risk of Failure
(makeups and Try agains)
• Choice
Let’s Talk Elements

6. A Tale of Two Dots

7. >Mastery
>Storyline

9. >Tracking of progress & mastery
>Scaffolding

10. >Immediate Feedback
>Low Risk of Failure

11. >Scaffolding
>Immediate Feedback
>Mastery

12. Why?
Encourages
mastery, creativity
and exploration.
(Jones, 2011)
Provide an
interactive
experience that
actively engages
learners.
((All4Ed), 2009)
Meets individual
student needs and
learning
preferences.
(Jones, 2011)
Empowers students
in an environment
that requires more
responsibility for
their own learning.
(Commlab, 2014)

13. A miniature from a 14th century manuscript showing Henry of Germany
delivering a lecture at the University of Bologna (facultystaff, 2015)

14. Why?

15. Brain-based learning
It is more difficult to learn anything
if you are not motivated and
engaged.
Why Gamify?

16. How
• Create a theme/story…
• Quests
• Badges
• Avatars
• XP points
• Leaderboard