Derek was the keynote speaker today. He shared his experience and passions in promoting GBL in Scotland. Too bad, he said the Consolarium was closed down. Luckily, he hadn't given up.
He is still using games in classrooms. Nonetheless, one thing worried me: how about the attainment of intended learning outcomes? And whether the targeted learners were made aware of what the intended outcomes of GBL or not?
After years of promoting and practicing GBL myself, I believe that there is a need to make intended learning outcomes explicit. Else, teachers and students might not be using games at the right time and use the right approach. After all, teachers are accountable for students' attainment of learning outcomes and experience.
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In the first parallel session, I noticed a skewed usage of one reward type, which might lead to gambling instead of game playing. Also, I mentioned the need to afford teachers in doing Gamification and practicing GBL for them to enjoy teaching using games.
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During the break session, I spoke to Judith Gordon, the owner of Money Coach (MOCO) Ltd. Judith is designing a finance education game. She is forming a team to gamify and develop the game. I shared the five-steps of gamification for education with her, and she said she will introduce my book in Malay to her relatives in Malaysia. Thank you!
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Michael shared the idea of smart analytics for personalized learning analytics through LEA's box. Knowledge space theory (grey theory and the colorful theory) he is working on in Graz University of Technology.
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