Stan Bogdanov breaks down the development process he followed while building mobiLit, a mobile app with the goal of being the first open-source gamified information literacy app to be used as part of a college-level information literacy curriculum. He will discuss the tools used to develop it and the instructional principles used to teach the material in a mobile medium. Stan will also go through two qualitative design studies he ran and the lessons learned from building mobiLit.

2. Who am I?
Instructional Multimedia Specialist
Adelphi University

3. Information Literacy
“is [a way of learning], a way of thinking and
reasoning about aspects of subject matter.” –
Christine Bruce

4. “When we think of games, we think of fun. When
we think of learning we think of work.” – James
Paul Gee

5. Gaming = Learning

6. Source: ArsTechnica

7. Gamification

8. “Gamification is the use of game design elements and
game mechanics in non-game contexts.”
– Adrián Domínguez

9. GameSalad

10. Source: GameSalad.com

11. Based on Successful Models

12. Duolingo NCLEX RN Mastery

13. Constructivist Approach

14. “Learners construct knowledge for themselves. Each
learner individually (and socially) constructs
meaning as he or she learns.”
– George E. Hein

15. Gamification Principles

16. Well-ordered problems
“early problems are designed to lead players to form
good guesses about how to proceed when they face
harder problems later on in the game”
– James Paul Gee

17. Pleasantly frustrating challenges
“players feel the game is challenging but doable and
that their effort is paying off”
– James Paul Gee

18. Just-in-time information
“players do not need to read a manual to start”
– James Paul Gee

19. Source: Path.org
Iterative Design

20. Stage 2 Stage 4

21. Stage 2 Stage 4

22. Demo Screens

23. App Icon Introductory Screen

24. Homescreen Slide-in Menu

25. Multiple choice question Correct feedback

26. Typing question Lesson badge

27. Design Study

28. Can information literacy curriculum be successfully gamified on
mobile devices?
How can mobile information literacy games be more interesting and
engaging to students?
What game elements and gamification principles motivate students
the most in the realm of mobile information literacy?
Are students able to effectively learn the actual material in a mobile
game environment?

29. Study Methods:
Think-alouds
Interviews

30. Feedback

31. Points, Achievements, Game-Life, and User Motivation
Written Content and Fast User Navigation
Information Sharing and Social Login

32. Lessons Learned

33. Next Steps
Better challenges
Testing against tutorial
Study to gauge learning

34. Thank You!
sbogdanov@adelphi.edu
516-877-3553
StanRB.com

35. Discussion