PaGamO is a social gaming platform developed for online courses and education. It was the first MOOC-based platform to incorporate multiplayer social games and homework problems. PaGamO has been successfully used for MOOCs on Coursera and in K-12 education in Taiwan. Student feedback indicates that PaGamO significantly increases student motivation and engagement with course material.

1. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
PaGamO
First-ever Multi-student Social Gaming
Platform for General Course
葉丙成
Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson)
Co-Founder, BoniO Inc.
Director, NTU MOOC
National Taiwan University

2. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
PaGamO
The world’s first-ever MOOC-based
multi-student social game platform
built for MOOC with close-end HW
problems

3. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
PaGamO not Just for MOOC!
1. PaGamO for K12 students in TW on all subjects (Math, Chinese,
Social Study, Science), 4,000+ teachers with 70,000+ students
2. PaGamO used for cooperate training in one of the Fortune 500
enterprises uses (Company name hidden due to NDA)
3. PaGamO is used by the Dental school of UPenn.
4. PaGamO for high school Math in US is currently in plan with
local partners
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4. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
Worldwide Acknowledgement
4
PaGamO
won
the
E-­‐learning
Award
and
Overall
Award
in
the
“Wharton-­‐QS
Stars
Awards
2014:
Reimagine
EducaCon”,
aka
“Oscars”
of
innovaCon
in
higher
educaCon

5. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
Worldwide Acknowledgement
5
Invited with Haywood (Vice President of Univ. of Edinburgh)
by Google Research to give special talks to the architects and
the core member of education research department of Google

6. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
Worldwide Acknowledgement
6
Invited to give talk in 2014 Coursera Conference, London
with Rutenbar from CS, UIUC to the Presidents, Provosts,
MOOC specialists of Coursera partner schools

7. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
7
PaGamO
first
Launched
in
“Probability”
on
Coursera
,
the
world’s
first-­‐ever
MOOC
in
Chinese

8. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
Coursera
blog:
hAp://goo.gl/1Jao6V

9. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
More
than
4000
people
used
PaGamO
for
HW
on
Coursera!
To
see
how
it
works
(short
video):
hAp://youtu.be/XtPryPyT3I0

10. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
Tens
of
thousands
of
students
on
the
same
map
to
compete
by
occupying
as
much
land
as
possible
via
solving
problem
sets
from
any
subjects,
math,
language,
science,
etc.

11. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
Worldwide
ranking
on
the
number
of
problems
solved.
Many
students
were
moWvated.
Even
solved
200+
problems!

12. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
Student
feedback:
Now
it’s
a
great
pleasure
to
come
back
dorm
solving
problem
sets
right
a^er
school
Wme
everyday!

13. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
螢幕快照
2013-­‐11-­‐07
下午3.25.36
Student
feedback:
With
PaGamO,
Mom
never
has
to
worry
about
Me
not
studying
hard
any
more!

14. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
Students got
addicted to learning!
Wow!

15. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
PaGamO score vs. Coursera grade
PaGamO
Low
Mid
High
Coursera
Grade
(PaGamO
Bonus
Excluded)
Percentage
(%)

16. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
According
to
the
student
poll
from
the
Coursera
course:
Near
90%
of
the
students
feel
PaGamO
interesWng
and
enjoying
it.
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
Because
I
think
PaGamO
is
interesCng.
Because
I
really
like
to
understand
what
the
teacher
has
taught
us.
Due
to
the
course
requirement.
Because
I
enjoy
playing
the
game.
Why
Play
PaGamO?
Do
not
agree
at
all
Do
not
agree
Agree
Totally
agree

17. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
More
than
90%
agree
they
feel
saWsfied
when
doing
HW
and
playing
PaGamO.
Near
90%
agree
they
are
now
able
to
finish
more
challenging
tasks.
Near
70%
agree
they
can
quickly
get
the
key
points
of
the
course.
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
I
have
the
discreCon
in
finishing
my
homework
and
PaGamO
I
feel
saCsfied
when
doing
HW
and
playing
PaGamO
I
am
able
to
finish
more
challenging
task.
I
think
I
can
quickly
get
the
key
points
of
the
course
Please
answer
this
quesWon
based
on
your
own
experiences
Do
not
agree
at
all
Do
not
agree
Agree
Totally
agree

18. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
PaGamO raises
student motivation
in learning!

19. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
PaGamO score vs. Coursera grade
PaGamO
Low
Mid
High
Coursera
Grade
(PaGamO
Bonus
Excluded)
Percentage
(%)

20. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
PaGamO grade
highly correlated
with the Course
grade!

21. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
PaGamO not Just for MOOC!
1. PaGamO for K12 students in TW on all subjects (Math, Chinese,
Social Study, Science), 4,000+ teachers with 70,000+ students
2. PaGamO used for cooperate training in one of the Fortune 500
enterprises uses (Company name hidden due to NDA)
3. PaGamO is used by the Dental school of UPenn.
4. PaGamO for high school Math in US is currently in plan with
local partners
21

22. Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成
Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University
PaGamO,
a new paradigm
shift for future
learning