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Using Gamification to Increase Course Engagement and Autonomy of Non-Traditional Online Students
Presenter: Thomas Wilson
Sessions: Friday 24th May 2013 02:00, Saturday 25th May 03:30
Thomas works for an institution that provides online courses for non-traditional students, namely, persons who are ordered by a court or agency to complete a specialized class such as anger management, alcohol/drug awareness, or DUI risk education to satisfy court requirements. Since students are responding to the game elements of the courses, i.e., maximizing “points”, he decided to use this game principle to (1) keep students more engaged and (2) increase autonomy, i.e., to reduce the number of phone calls for support.
Gamification in Moodle. More than just Moodle badges
Presenter: Natalie Denmeade
Sessions: Saturday 25th May 2013 14:00
This presentation includes demonstrations of core Moodle features and plugins to provide learners with rewards, feedback, levels, progression loops, boss fights, and achievement badges. You will see examples of Conditional Activities, customised Progress Bars, custom scales, and the newly released Badges Block.This presentation includes demonstrations of core Moodle features and plugins to provide learners with rewards, feedback, levels, progression loops, boss fights, and achievement badges. You will see examples of Conditional Activities, customised Progress Bars, custom scales, and the newly released Badges Block.
Dissection of a Gamified Moodle Course
Presenter: Julian Ridden
Sessions: Friday 24th May 03:30, Sunday 26th May 06:30
There is no excerpt for this session (yet) but having seen what Julian, aka Moodleman has done before, I would strongly recommend you to drop by one of his sessions.
Open Badges in Moodle
Presenters: Emily Gogligoski, Julian Ridden
Session: Saturday 25th May 05:00
Hear about Open Badges from Emily Gogligosky from the Mozilla foundation, whilst Julian Ridden will talk about the implementation of Open Badges into Moodle. I am really excited about this session. This session will talk about the exciting potentials offered by OpenBadges and Moodle.
I am really excited by this session; It’ll be interesting to hear about Open Badges from someone who works at Mozilla foundation.
Gamify your Moodle courses – Increase student engagement with conditional activities & badges
Presenter: Frederic Nevers
Sessions: Sunday 26th May 14:00, Monday 27th May 06:30
It is possible to ‘gamify’ your Moodle courses using out-of-the-box Moodle capabilities (i.e. without relying on third-party modules). In this presentation, Fred will show you how to gamify your existing courses, using free and easy-to-use tools. He will be sharing all of the tips & tricks he has gathered building & using gamified courses, and also talk about the mistakes he has made.
Right, I’d better go and finish preparing for my session…