The document discusses integrating games and gamification to support teaching and learning. It distinguishes between gaming, which is designed for entertainment, and serious games or gamification, which apply game elements to non-game processes to motivate learners. Background research shows games can improve learning outcomes when targeted to specific objectives. The document provides examples of commercial, specialty, and teacher-created games for various subjects and populations. Implementation challenges like assessment and perceptions of games are addressed.

1. Integrating Games and
Gamification to Support
Teaching & Learning
Michael M. Grant, PhD
SC EdTech Conference | October 26, 2017
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2. Michael M. Grant
University of South Carolina
http://viral-notebook.com
@michaelmgrant

3. Distinguishing between the 2
Gaming
Gamification

4. Gaming
š Games and gaming are
distinguished by their specific
original purposes of entertainment
š Serious games are designed to
educate first and usually allow the
manipulation of variables (Michael &
Chen, 2005).

5. What’s the
difference
between
a game & a
serious game?
?

6. What’s the
difference
between
a game & a
serious game?
Yep. Fun.
?

7. Gamification
š Gamification applies game design
elements, particularly those
engendering motivation, to non-
game processes (Kapp, 2012), like
courses and training.

8. Background
Research

9. Background Research
š Evidence for supporting &
motivating learners
š Students that participate in daily
gaming outperform student that
participate in daily social media in
math, reading, and science
(Posso, 2016)

10. Background Research
š Specific recommendations for best practices
š Using specific content & targeting specific
objectives improves learning better
š Games & simulations that allowed
debriefing and feedback demonstrated
better results
š Gamification: There are fewer findings but
extrinsic motivations & rewards seem to be
least effective. However, extrinsic
motivation can supplant low initial intrinsic
motivation.

11. Background Research
š Violence in video games
š http://www.apa.org/pi/families/re
view-video-games.pdf
š There is evidence that violence in
video games has an effect on
behavior in children.
š Read up!

12. Gaming Options
š Alignment to specific knowledge or skills
(specialty games)
š Leverage in-class/online learning games
š Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)
integration
š Social awareness/justice
š Augmented reality

13. Alignment to
Specific Knowledge
+ Skills

14. Diet Dash

15. iCivics

16. Squire’s Quest II

17. HealthX

18. Never Alone

19. In-Class or
online
learning
games

20. Games Teachers/Trainers Play
http://www.thiagi.com/resources/
#/games-3/
Drs. Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan
& Marie Jasinski
For online … just found!
http://depaulwimba.pbworks.com/f/SynchronousGames.pdf

21. C3PO
Challenge, Pool, Poll,
Predict, Outcome
http://www.ascilite.org/conferences/coffs00/papers/marie_jasinski.pdf

22. Epic Game Trailer Voiceover
Example @ https://audioboom.com/posts/4781002-epic-game-design-intro
Directions @ https://youtu.be/o9-JcEfsTIg

23. BreakoutEdu

24. Commercial Off the Shelf
Games for Integration

25. Spore + Biology

26. Sid Meier’s civilization

27. Angry Birds + Physics

28. COTS Example: Craig Cash (Dorman High)

29. Microgames

30. Darfur is Dying

31. Free Rice

32. Text Message Game in Powerpoint
https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-text-message-scenario-quiz-template

33. Interactions

34. Social
Awareness/
Justice Games

35. Darfur is Dying

36. Free Rice

37. Re-mission

38. That Dragon, Cancer

39. Augmented Reality

40. Augmented Reality

42. Step-by-Step Guide
http://ipad4schools.org/2013/09/28/bring-schools-to-life-with-aurasma-app/

43. For more sophistication…

44. Gamification

45. Gamification
š Points/XP
š Levels/leveling up
š Challenges & quests
š Rewards
š Leaderboards
š Badges
š Feedback loops
š Progress/status bars

46. Mechanics should enhance
the game-like activity, not
be the Goal of the Activity.
(Farber, 2015)
Focus on the learning goals.

47. Gamification examples
š Lee Sheldon (Indiana
University): The
Multiplayer Classroom
šGamification
strategies +
strategies from
MMOGs
šWoW with guilds &
cooperative
challenges/quests.

48. Dr. Grant Gamification Examples
Course ideas based on …
š Kenneth Pierce at The University of Texas at
San Antonio
š Craig Shepherd at the University of Wyoming,
š David Gibson & Chris Haskell at Boise State
University

49. š Content modules designated as “core
levels”
š Assignments identified as quests &
optional modules as “upgrade quests”
š Player timelines
š Player discussions
š Grades converted to experience
points (XP)
š Badges awarded for completion of
specific levels or activities

51. Brian Sztabnik + Bracketing
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/march-madness-meets-ap-lit-brian-sztabnik

52. Badge Elements

53. Examples: Alex Hollis (Dorman High)

54. Badging Systems
Credly
ClassBadges

55. Badging Inside Blackboard

56. Gamification
Systems

57. Class Dojo

58. Edmodo
Learning management system that features badges,
small groups, & teacher moderator options

59. 3D GameLab
Leaderboard,
badges, quest-
like structure,
leveling-up
challenges

60. Class Craft
Modeled on
WoW.
Points,
teacher
analytics
dashboard,
small group
teams

61. Everyday
Games

62. Kahoot
Students
earn points
for
accuracy &
speed as
they answer
questions
created by
the teacher
or another
student.

63. Quizlet Live
Based off Quizlet
flashcards.
Students work
collaboratively to
correctly match
cards as they race
against other teams
on a live scoreboard.
Great detailed
feedback for
response review
provided

64. Content-specific
Possibilities

65. ELA/SS: Interactive Fiction (Faber, 2015)
š Interactive fiction allows
the reader to make
choices throughout the
story.
š “Choose-your-own-
adventure”
š Reinforces cause/effect
& story-arc design
šOptions include:
http://timesocietygam
e.com/
šhttp://www.mission-
us.org/
š Have students create
interactive fiction
šTwine (text-based)
šInklewriter (slicker)

66. ELA/Creative WRiting

67. Communications/Language

68. ELA/Digital Humanities

69. Math
š Puzzle based/logic
games (Feeny,
2014)
š Puzzle apps help
develop creative
mathematical
thinkers.
š Promote problem solving skills,
reasoning, use of appropriate
tools, analysis of structures, and
pattern recognition.
š Engel's Enigma
š Tower of Hanoi
š Slice It!
š KenKen
š Monument Valley
š Sites with math game options
š Manga High
http://mangahigh.com (also
has assignment and reporting
tools)

70. Social Studies
š iCivics
(https://www.icivics.org)
š Multiple games to support
civics education; all come
with curriculum guides
š Mission US
(http://www.mission-us.org/ )
š Explore history through
document-based, choice-
embedded missions;
curriculum guides
available

71. Science
š Kids.gov
https://kids.usa.gov/teens/pla
y-games/science/index.shtml
š http://playsciencegames.com/
š Stella
http://minerva.union.edu/rices/
STELLA/stella_intro.html
š Alien Rescue
š Interactive dissections
š Frog dissection (app)
š 4D anatomy (app & web)

72. Special Needs
š Special needs students can be supported
in developing life skills (Knorr, 2016)
š Conflict resolution: Cool School: Where
Peace Rules (Mac, Windows)
š Motor skills: Active Life-Magical Carnival
(Nintendo Wii)
š Organization: Engineering.com (Mac,
Windows)
š Social: Doki Doki Universe (Playstation);
Herotopia (Mac, Windows)

73. http://www.edutopia.org/game-
based-learning-resources
Many more resources at Edutopia

74. 1. Games is a 4-letter word
2. Assessment
2 Biggest Issues

75. 1. Games is a 4-letter word
š Direct alignment with curricular
content
š Inform parents ahead of time
š Allow students to be experts
š Prepare your research-based
argument
š Determine just how much of a game
is needed to get the best benefit

76. 2. Assessment
š Consider a move to mastery learning
š Consider ‘cheats’
š Debriefs & ’God view’
š Error reduction & decision-making
š Emphasize representations of
knowledge

77. Implementing & Evaluating
š https://www.filamentle
arning.com/ebook-
implementing-and-
evaluating-your-
district-game-based-
learning-program

78. Thanks so much!
Questions?
Michael M. Grant, PhD | michaelmgrant@sc.edu

79. http://bit.ly/games4teaching
Download slides
from this URL.

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