Game on! : gamification, gameful design, and the rise of the gamer educator / Kevin Bell.
2018
LB2395.7 .B45 2018
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Title
Game on! : gamification, gameful design, and the rise of the gamer educator / Kevin Bell.
Author
Bell, Kevin, 1968- author.
ISBN
9781421423968 (hardback : alk. paper)
1421423960 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781421423975 (e-book)
1421423960 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781421423975 (e-book)
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (217 pages).
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LB2395.7 .B45 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
378.1/7344678
Summary
"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 Educators 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Tech.edu.
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Table of Contents
A societal imperative : the Impetus for online
How did we get here? : the maturation of online education
University of South Florida : the fairy tale MOOC
University of New Hampshire : the hero's journey
The University of Waterloo : ethical decision making
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts : dungeons and discourse
The Pennsylvania State University
Assessing gamification : conclusions and implications
Catching ...
Captain's epilogue.
How did we get here? : the maturation of online education
University of South Florida : the fairy tale MOOC
University of New Hampshire : the hero's journey
The University of Waterloo : ethical decision making
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts : dungeons and discourse
The Pennsylvania State University
Assessing gamification : conclusions and implications
Catching ...
Captain's epilogue.