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Are alternative approaches such as gamification and badging effective in increasing engagement, retention, and achievement? _ Dr. Doug Belshaw Consultant, City & Guilds @dajbelshaw / https://goo.gl/KdM977
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Are alternative approaches such as gamification and badging effective in
increasing engagement, retention, and achievement?_
Dr. Doug BelshawConsultant, City & Guilds
@dajbelshaw / https://goo.gl/KdM977
Overview
In this presentation, Dr. Doug Belshaw, a consultant with City & Guilds (and formerly at the Mozilla Foundation), will outline how game mechanics and Open Badges can be used to engage learners and recognise their achievements. He will discuss the XP points and badges as part of City & Guilds' TechBac offer, ways to add a level of rigour and robustness to badging, and ways of scaffolding learning using pathways and taxonomies.
Structure
1. Game mechanics2. City & Guilds TechBac3. Open Badges4. Badge pathways5. Conclusion
1. Game mechanics
“Gamification is the use of game mechanics to drive engagement in non-game business scenarios and to change behaviors in a target audience to achieve business outcomes. Many types of games include game mechanics such as points, challenges, leaderboards, rules and incentives that make game-play enjoyable. Gamification applies these to motivate the audience to higher and more meaningful levels of engagement. Humans are “hard-wired” to enjoy games and have a natural tendency to interact more deeply in activities that are framed in a game construct.”
(Gartner)
"I don't do gamification — and I'm not prepared to stand up and say I think it works."
(Jane McGonigal)
"When you strip away the genre differences and the technological complexities, all games share four defining traits:
● a goal● rules● a feedback system● voluntary participation.”
(Jane McGonigal)
2. City & Guilds TechBac
City & Guilds TechBac
http://techbac.com/how-it-works
“By using the Mozilla Open Badge framework, TechBac rewards learners who demonstrate their skills and competencies in the form of digital badges.
These badges can be easily transported and shared via social media or collected into the learner’s online CV builder.”
3. Open Badges
How the Open Badges Infrastructure works in practice
(taken from the Badge Alliance website)
+
=+ individuals and organisations around the world
http://badges.thinkoutloudclub.com
4. Badge pathways
Path of Exileskill tree
Path of Exileskill tree
Path of Exileskill tree
5. Conclusion
