Gamification of Education: Videos, Posts and an Interview

Alguns recursos interessantes sobre a aplicação de gamification na educação e sobre game-based learning:

• The 50 Best Videos For Teachers Interested In Gamification: um post com links para 50 vídeos sobre a aplicação de jogos na educação. Embora o título refira gamification, a maior parte dos vídeos tem a ver com game-based leaning.

• The Best Posts On “Gamification” In Education: um post com 6 links para outros posts sobre a temática da aplicação de gamification na educação (e também game-based learning).

Também vale a pena ler a entrevista com Kris Duggan, um dos fundadores da Badgeville, uma plataforma de gamification já referida aqui.  

A entrevista parte da questão "Students love games, but they don’t always love school. How about if learning were a game?"

Algumas frases com ideias importantes, extraídas da entrevista:

• "We will need more engagement across education experiences"

• "Education experiences are going to become increasingly digital and mobile"

• "Gamification can be applied to the concept of education much more aggressively"

• "Gamification can never make you do something you wouldn’t want to do naturally"

• "It’s hard to talk about gamification without describing it as a technique for learning"

• "... we are seeing a great influx of interest and development in the areas of gamification paired with education for students of all ages"

• "Teachers that use things like virtual rewards, leveling, progress, and other gamification" techniques are going to have highly engaged students"