Introduction to Gamification & Serious Games

GAMIFICATION & SERIOUS GAMES

The Big Why? Improve motivation and engagement

Gamification

Also known as "gameful design" is a creative instructional technique where educators add game mechanics or game elements to a "non-gaming" environment (Mattalaoui, et al., 2017, pp. 3- 7). What are game mechanics? (Mythily Kumar et al., 2002) What are game elements? (Majumdar, 2016)

Serious Games

Different than gamification because serious games incorporate a complete gaming application (Deterding, et al., 2011). “Complete games but may have an education or learning background (e.g., a game that teaches the problems of project management)” (Mattalaoui, et al., 2017, p. 7)

Gamification vs. Serious Games

Deterding, S., Dixon, D., Khaled, R., & Nacke, L. (2011). From game design elements to gamefulness: defining “gamification.” Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference, 9–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2181037.2181040

Now that you have learned a little about gamification and serious games, what are some initial thoughts that you have about

Now that you have learned a little about gamification and serious games, what are some initial thoughts about these concepts? What questions do you have? Write your answer on the discussion board (3-4 sentences).

References

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