1. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF
GAMIFICATION

2. GAMIFICATION IS NOT GAME-BASED-LEARNING
Game-Based-Learning = Using Games in a Learning
Environment!

3. GAMIFICATION
Using Game elements to support teaching! Often but
not necessarily with the help of ICT.

4. WHAT TO DO
 Allow experimentation
 Include rapid feedback cycles
 Adapt tasks to skill levels
 Increase tasks difficulties
 Break complex tasks into shorter and simple sub-
tasks
 Allow different routes to success
 Allow the recognition and reward by teachers,
parents and other students
Domínguez, Adrián, et al. "Gamifying learning experiences: Practical implications and outcomes."
Computers & Education 63 (2013): 380-392.

5. EXAMPLE
Explore the City & Explore the Community

6. EXAMPLE LEADERBOARDS
 Competition and comparison
 Can provide instant feedback
 Should show different ranking
dimensions (transparency)

7. EXAMPLE BADGES, TROPHIES,
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Social Recognition
 Rewards valuable behavior
 Can be milestones to break down
complex tasks

8. DIFFERENT ROUTES TO SUCCESS
 Can write exams
 Can write papers
 Can do oral exams
 Presentations…
Students can select how they
want to participate.
Make sure you everybody has to cover minimal
requirements!

9. GROUP WORK – COMPETITION IN GROUPS
AND BETWEEN GROUPS
 Difficult!
 Some students don’t take group work serious BUT
 Creating competition within the group can break the
group dynamics

10. MAKE SURE THAT
You address the Emotional, Social and
cognitive areas!

11. BE CAREFUL!
Once you give rewards (external
motivation) it’s very difficult to motivate
students again if the reward is taken
away!
Be transparent!
Students will try to break the rules of
the game!
Apply Gamification to the Content, not
Content to Gamification

12. AND RESEARCH SAYS
 Students will likely do better in applying knowledge
 But will likely have less theoretical knowledge
 There is only little emperical (peer reviewed)
research on Gamification in educational context.
Landers, Richard N., and Rachel C.
Callan. "Casual social games as serious
games: The psychology of gamification in
undergraduate education and employee
training." Serious Games and
Edutainment Applications. Springer
London, 2011. 399-423.