1. Games and Student Motivation
Ben Peterson, PhD
Teaching Innovations Office, UTLC

2. Today’s Plan Games and Student Motivation
Gameful Learning and Self-Determination Theory
Implementation
Cautions
Your Game-Based Goals

3. Games and Student Motivation
Gamification
Learning Games
Learning from Games
Gameful Learning

4. Gameful

5. Self-Determination Theory
Competence: Overcoming Meaningful Challenges
Autonomy: Given Meaningful Choices
Relatedness: Experience Meaningful Connections
Ryan & Deci, Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.

6. “What is Gameful?” gamefulpedagogy.com

7. Games

9. Implementing Gameful Gameful Course Design Gameful Experience Design
Gameful Assignment Design

10. Gameful Tools Points and Achievements Multiple Pathways
Catch-up Mechanics
Rubrics
Authentic Assessment
Metacognitive Reflection

12. Reframing your Mindset
What does it mean to teach like a game designer or game master?

14. Reframing your Mindset
What does it mean to teach like a game designer or game master?
Responsibility on the Learners
Small, Formative Assessment
Frequent and Timely Feedback
Clear Link to Outcomes and Summative Assessment
“Safe” Failures
“Fiero”

17. Implementing Games Identifying an experience Delimiting an experience
Clarifying an experience
Debriefing an experience

19. Gartner Hype Cycle

20. ~ $10,000 per employee per month

22. Faculty Labor Student Learning Outcomes Publication
Service Expectations
Personal Lives …

25. Your Game-Based Goals What is an appealing game-based option?
Why do you identify it as a good option?
How does it help achieve learning outcomes?
What will it take to implement?

26. Thank you
Ben Peterson