Gaming to Learn: Research Meets Classroom Practice
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The document discusses the effectiveness of serious gaming in educational settings, highlighting positive and negative feedback systems that guide learners toward specific goals. It reviews trends and findings from over 300 studies, indicating that while gamers are often more engaged and successful in deeper learning when gaming objectives align with educational content, results are mixed. Additionally, it raises questions about the role of gaming in classrooms and the differences between gamification and game-based learning.
Gaming to Learn: Research Meets Classroom Practice
- 1. Dr. Leigh Zeitz University of Northern Iowa zeitz@uni.edu Drzreflects.com
- 2. What is it? Who does it? Does it make a difference? Things to consider
- 5. Rule-based Variable and QuantifiableOutcome Diff Outcomes = Diff Points Player works to control outcome Game provides timely feedback Player cares about the outcome Mastery = Leveling up
- 6. Xperience Points Leveling Up united.com
- 7. games Gaming
- 10. An organized social system using positive and negative feedback to direct a player towards a desired goal. microsoft
- 11. An organized social system using positive and negative feedback to direct a learner towards a desired goal. iclipart.com
- 14. Optimal Experiences Clear Goals Immediate Feedback Challenges/Skills Balance Action/Awareness Align No Distractions Failure Not a Problem Activity is its Own Reward Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- 17. Trends in Serious Gaming for Education Young et al (2012) Reviewed 300+ articles Math Science Language Learning History
- 18. Inconclusive findings Mixed results Gamers more engaged Useful in achieving deeper learning More successful when learning and gaming objectives aligned
- 19. Language acquisition, composition, language arts Games as learner-centered environments Immersive experiences Kindergarteners learned language faster than control group Language pedagogy more aligned with gaming
- 20. History-based video games engaging Useful in middle school economics Useful to integrate SimCity, Age of Empires and Civilization into history curriculum Instead of requiring outside reading, include the content in the gaming situation
- 21. Transfer requires reflection Difficulty level needs to align with skill level Poor design can’t be hidden in game world Boys communicated about the game Girls communicated more generally Instructor must scaffold as necessary
- 22. Can gaming be useful in the classroom? Is it worth the time? What does gaming teach besides content? What’s cheating? What is the diff btwn Gamification and Game- based Learning?
- 23. If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of their tomorrow.