1. What’s your story? How did you arrive in this career?
Do you more closely identify as an Instructional Designer or an Academic Technologist?
What’s your story? How did you arrive in this career?

2. University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Using Gamification Instructional Design Elements to Develop a Course to Increase Student Engagement
Regina Nelson
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
February 2017

3. Active Learning -- Participant Engagement – Idea Discussion

4. Agenda: How we will play
Introduction
What is Gamification
Dynamics
Mechanics
Design Elements
What would you do?

5. What’s in your wallet? [on your phone, keychain or in a junk drawer]
How many companies are you playing along with?

6. Defining Gamification
Deconstruction of a game into component parts (dynamics, mechanics and elements) which can be used in the instructional design process to promote student interaction and engagement in learning.

7. Dynamics, Mechanics and Instructional Design Elements
design choices
strategic implementation
bold or subtle
limited or extensive
purposefully low tech

8. https://tinyurl.com/game-eli
Dynamics, mechanics and design elements are fairly straightforward
Content at link above provides my definition for the terms
Will be handy for some of the upcoming group activities

9. LEARNING ENVIROMENT LEARNING ENVIROMENT
Gamification dynamics are the ideological constructs that together form the structure of a game or game environment.
EMOTIONS
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
CHOICE ARCHITECTURE
NARRATIVE
RELATIONSHIPS
RELATIVE COMPARISONS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
INTELLIGENT RISK
LEARNING ENVIROMENT
LEARNING ENVIROMENT

10. Traditionally associated with Education
EMOTIONS
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
CHOICE ARCHITECTURE
NARRATIVE
RELATIONSHIPS
RELATIVE COMPARISONS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
INTELLIGENT RISK
Traditionally associated with Education
Associated with new Learning initiatives
Haven’t yet considered in Teaching and Learning

11. LEARNING ENVIROMENT LEARNING ENVIROMENT
Gamification mechanics are the components of games that engage players and motivate forward movement to an eventual conclusion.
challenges
rewards
cooperation
pacing
resource
acquisition
interactivity
competition
goals
randomness
rules
LEARNING ENVIROMENT
LEARNING ENVIROMENT

12. 1 2 cooperation rewards pacing challenges resource acquisition
interactivity
competition
goals
randomness
rules 1
You’ve been given a mechanic – now describe a game where that component is a primary part of a game.
Describe an activity or assessment that could be developed where that mechanic is a primary component. 2

13. Mechanics : Dynamics Instructional Design Elements
Achievements (Goal, Learning Outcome)
Badges (Reward, Emotions)
Boss Fights (Challenge, Intelligent Risk)
Collections (Reward, Relative Comparisons)
Content Unlocking (Pacing, Choice Architecture)
Gifting (Interactivity, Relationships)
Leaderboards (Competition, Relative Comparisons)
Levels (Pacing, Learning Environment)
Points (Reward, Relative Comparisons)

14. Mechanics : Dynamics Instructional Design Elements
Quests (Challenge, Narrative)
Teams (Cooperation, Relationships)
Bonus (Reward, Emotions)
Health (Feedback, Intelligent Risk)
Multiple Paths (Randomness, Choice Architecture)
Epic Win (Competition, Narrative)
Guided Exploration (Interactivity, Choice Architecture)
Win State (Goal, Learning Outcomes)

15. Implementation in a FYE Course
Teams
Badges
Leaderboard
Levels
Quest
Boss Fight

16. What would you do?
How might you implement gamification dynamics, mechanics and elements in your course design? 1
List some good candidate courses – where student engagement and intrinsic motivation are somewhat hard to come by:
Choose a course from your list, and describe how you might incorporate 3 gamification design elements: 2

17. Final Thoughts Questions?
Contact:
Dr. Regina Nelson