Gamify an E-Learning Course #102: Challenge | Recap
Gaming elements, such as rewards, points, discovery, and competition, are excellent ways to engage and motivate learners. But the challe...
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I am not able to gamify an existing course I created because I signed NDAs for all the projects I did. But I do like to share some examples/templates I did for fun and which already used gamification techniques .
Example: multiplication game
https://googledrive.com/host/0BzqOBbexfMo3eWVCLTVUQmxSUW8/index.html
Template 1: bomb game
https://googledrive.com/host/0BzqOBbexfMo3fkpFQmtFX2VMRjlHVDREVFVqS1VDRE9vT2JlRFQtZHJac000ZGxVSkFFU0E/index.html
Template 2: catch game
https://googledrive.com/host/0BzqOBbexfMo3LWRybmZONjNPeFk/index.html
Example: multiplication game
https://googledrive.com/host/0BzqOBbexfMo3eWVCLTVUQmxSUW8/index.html
Template 1: bomb game
https://googledrive.com/host/0BzqOBbexfMo3fkpFQmtFX2VMRjlHVDREVFVqS1VDRE9vT2JlRFQtZHJac000ZGxVSkFFU0E/index.html
Template 2: catch game
https://googledrive.com/host/0BzqOBbexfMo3LWRybmZONjNPeFk/index.html
- Hi Joanne. The catch game was really fun! Nice job.
- Joanne,
Loved the multiplication game. It took my back to my "early years" when the game Asteroid was out. Good job!
Richard - Thank you, Emily and Richard. I am glad you enjoy catch game and multiplication game.
- Hi Joanne,
thank you for the example! Since two others already commented on the "catch" and "multiplication" game, I looked at the "bomb game".
The bomb game required me to first log in to Google - was this intentional?
The game works just fine as intended. The "spacey" door sound is nice!
The question mark gives the required information on "how to play". If I go wrong, this is also clearly indicated. I assume that in a "real game", you would put something more meaningful than "Correct/Incorrect" on the tiles, so the user has to identify (for example) healthy vs. unhealthy food.
I wonder if instead of placing bombs (which seems a bit unnatural to do), you might want to inverse the logic and put "bomb deactivators" on the wrong tiles, so you can safely cross to the door? (It seems a bit strange that after placing multiple bombs, the neighbouring tiles all stay just fine, and even a neighbouring bomb is not set off. Then again, perhaps this is only my perception ;-)).
Keep posting such entries!
Guido- Hi Guido, I am not sure why you were required to log in Google. Maybe because I store my files in google drive? The bomb game is actually a part of my previous work for TTT(Train the trainer) project. It is an activity for learning behaviors that trainers should never have, so I use bomb concept to remind learner(trainers) never to behave the way the incorrect option describe. It was developed by flash and I just rebuild the template by Articulate Stroyline.
But I do like your idea about 'bomb deactivators', you are right, It is unnatural to put bombs on correct options. Thanks for your advice!- Thank you for the explanation - I now understand better why you used bombs for this purpose!
- And the original activity asks learners to destroy the behavior which should never have by putting bomb on it(the wrong behaviors). Hope that makers sense to you.
- Hi Joanne. Unfortunately I could only access the multiplication game due to our company firewall blocking the others. Shooting the asteroids with the time pressure was really cool. I did find the Learn Multiplication piece a little confusing to begin with in terms of what I needed to click on or adjust, but once i got the hang of it it was very cleverly done.
Blair- Hi Blair, it's nice to know you enjoy the game. I do aware that the Learn Multiplication piece confuse some people. I think maybe I should display the indicated text directly rather than hovering to show it. Do you think will that be helpful?
