{"id":193,"date":"2010-09-21T08:20:35","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T08:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/?p=193"},"modified":"2010-09-21T08:20:35","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T08:20:35","slug":"making-learning-engaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/making-learning-engaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Making learning engaging"},"content":{"rendered":"

At ALT-C a couple of weeks ago, myself, Alex Moseley<\/a> and a virtual Juliette Culver<\/a>, presented a session called Back three spaces and roll again<\/a>, which aimed to take the six elements of game engagement identified during the ARGOSI<\/a> project and show how they could be applied to make learning more engaging. In a gaming session. Exemplifying all six elements. In an hour. No tall order then.<\/p>\n

Alex provides an excellent write-up<\/a> of how we (I think) managed to pull it off, so I’m not going to talk about the session any more here, except to highlight the six elements, the examples we gave of how each element can be used in games, and show how we managed to embed each within the session to apply to a learning context. (Note that we don’t argue that these factors are exclusive<\/em> to games.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Engagement element<\/strong><\/td>\nGames example<\/strong><\/td>\nApplication to session
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Community<\/td>\nGuilds and team working in MMORPGs, such as World of Warcraft<\/td>\nWorking in teams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Competition<\/td>\nUse of leader-board, as in in Katie Piatt’s Never Ending Uni Quiz<\/a><\/td>\nScoring and prizes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Completion<\/td>\nCollecting map pieces, as in ViolaQuest<\/a><\/td>\nPoints for achieving all six factors in answers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creativity<\/td>\nBuilding modifications in role-playing games, as in Judy Robertson’s work<\/a> with NeverWinter Nights<\/td>\nUse of achievements<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Puzzle-solving<\/td>\nSolving puzzles to progress levels, as in The Great History Conundrum<\/a><\/td>\nUse of problems to be solved with constraints<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Narrative<\/td>\nPlot-driven alternate reality games, such as World Without Oil<\/a><\/td>\nUse of scenarios<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At ALT-C a couple of weeks ago, myself, Alex Moseley and a virtual Juliette Culver, presented a session called Back three spaces and roll again, which aimed to take the six elements of game engagement identified during the ARGOSI project…
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