The workshop will deploy the simulation of a business setting with a focus on group work. Throughout this simulation, strategies will be deployed for trainers to provide assessment, monitoring, and provide constant feedback. The interaction strategy of this workshop is based on the gamification concept, combined with the SCRUM agile project development method. In this workshop, the aim is to present these approaches and the context of their use, as well as provide the audience with hands-on practice.

1. Choose your character
Leonel Morgado Daniela Pedrosa Ricardo Nunes
Gamification:
strategies for interaction
and pedagogic assessment

3. Welcome to
Programming
Methodologies III (MPIII)
frameworks
libraries
application programming interfaces (API)
software architecture
Novice Competent(…) (…) Expert
Prologue
3/16

4. Group 1 Write a detailed document explaining how to use the MVC architectural style
to develop applications using OpenSimulator/Second Life virtual worlds as a
user interface, employing the libOpenMetaverse library. The document should
include specific implementation examples to illustrate the explanation.
Group II Write a detailed document explaining how to use the MVC architectural style
to develop applications using the Windows Phone Application Platform,
employing the XNA framework. The document should include specific
implementation examples to illustrate the explanation.
Group III Same as group 2, but employing the Silverlight framework.
Sample assignment
instantiations
Prologue
4/16

5. Literature
Research
Step 1
Contact and
interaction
with
communities
online practices
of
programmers
Step 2
•Contact and
interaction
with
communities
•Final Report
Step 3
Final
Presentation
Step 4
First Iteration 2010/2011
Mission I
students
5/16

6. In this first iteration,
Most students did not
manage to reach
successful outcomes

7. • Literature Research
• Presentation in
communities
online practices of
programmers
• Group work –
review of the
reading tokens
Step 1
• Contact and
interaction with
communities
online practices of
programmers
• Assemble the
group
Step 2
• Report the
activities
• Assemble the
group
• Final Report
• Final Presentation
Step 3
7/16
Second Iteration 2011/2012
Mission II
students
more structured activities
monitoring of tutors
few moments of feedback
group-dynamic games
assistents

8. In this second iteration,
Although more groups managed
to reach the end of the activity,
overall quality remained low

9. Third Iteration 2012/2013
Mission III
business-like (roleplaying)
deadlines
coaching
constant feedback
students
assistents
environment
• Research
about the
technologies
• Interaction in
communities
• Group work
– initiation of
problem
solving
Step 1
• Integration
of
technologies
• Group work
– practical
examples
Step 2
• Improving
the project
• Final
presentation
with practical
problem
solving
Step 3
Final
improvement of
the project
Step 4

10. SimProgramming
Business-
like
Active
learning
Formative
assessment
Social
interaction
Study
routine
Environment
simProgramming principles
10/16

11. Director
(teacher/professor)
Team 1 Team N
(...)
Team leader 1
(student)
Team leader N
(student)
Manager
(assistant)
Manager
(assistant)
Principles
Business-like
11/16

12. Active learning
Principles
12/16

13. Principles
Formative Assessment
13/16

14. Social interaction
Principles
14/16

15. Principles
study routine
15/16

16. In this final
iteration,
11 teams Did
manage to reach
successful
outcomes

17. leonelm@utad.pt
dpedrosa@utad.pt
rrnunes@utad.pt
Thank you!
Any questions?