Game On!: Gamification, Gameful Design, and the Rise of the Gamer Educator - Couverture rigide

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Bell, Kevin

 
9781421423968: Game On!: Gamification, Gameful Design, and the Rise of the Gamer Educator
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ISBN 10 : 1421423960 ISBN 13 : 9781421423968
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Helping teachers take advantage of game design principles and intrinsic motivators to build more effective courses.

The changing student body in American higher education demands a new approach to teaching, one that moves toward inclusive, hyperpersonalized learning environments that have much in common with games and social media. Kevin Bell's Game On! presents dynamic case studies of gamer educators and game-derived techniques to help instructors creatively formulate their own teaching strategies.

Breaking gamefully designed classes into their component parts, Bell analyzes what these classes are actually doing and explains why they work. He offers faculty a rubric to assess their own courses for their propensity to engage students, particularly those from low socioeconomic and high-risk populations. Bell explores how game design, pedagogy, and intrinsic motivators can level the playing field to produce rigorous learning environments that are as addictive to all participants as the latest apps and social media systems. He also discusses best practices, lays out the broader context of computer-mediated teaching and learning, and considers the challenges and opportunities that gamification presents.

Instructors would do well to consider the key tenets of successful games if they are to engage and graduate the coming generations of learners. Bell's careful analysis of the theories behind gamification, cognitive science, and instructional design will help them to do just that.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kevin Bell is the pro-vice chancellor of digital futures at Western Sydney University in Australia.

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Éditeur
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1421423960
ISBN 13 
9781421423968
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
216
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Personne responsable
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