Monday, February 15, 2016

Gamifying your syllabus

Leslie Von Wolvelear-Oakton Community College

Gamification
Move through levels
Earn achievements (positive reinforcement)
Play to avoid losing awards (negative reinforcement)
Collaborative: work with others to achieve goals
Synthesis: bring multiple skills together to achieve awards

Make more fun, engaging or meaningful for the participants

Syllabus Scavenger Hunt
Clear and concise instructions
Use images for the visual learner
Link to D2L quizzes
Points for completing assignments

Easter Eggs
Students can earn extra credit points by finding the hidden Easter Eggs (a common gaming technique) Extra credit point to find hidden links--but don't have the links colored and underlined.










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