Gamification: It’s Easier than You Think!
https://desire2learn.adobeconnect.com/_a707373752/p3mhvdh5gfb/
BONUS: several cool infographics on gamification of education: http://elearninginfographics.com/tag/gamification-infographic/
this is a recording of a webinar, which took place yesterday, September 3, 2014. The presenter is Canadian. Sean Isles
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=ontario+sociology+gamification+sean
Gamification versus game based education
Gamification is application of typical elements of game play to unconventional areas
Game based is learning that takes place withing a game simulated environment itself
D2L offers options for gamified education
Leveling / Gating: turn off/on content modules by weekly increments.
Bosses/Challenges – simple quiz at the end of each module (training quizzes, open to take unlimited times)
Celebration of successes – emails from intelligent agents, short funny video, etc.
Intelligent agent send an email not only to student, but to an office, where top scoring students can get a gift.
Game-based
simulator. used Unity to create the game
Shaun Iles: shaun.iles@mohawkcollege.ca and Brian Gould: brian.gould@mohawkcollege.ca
Leaderboard – Brightspace.com – Brightspace by D2L. needs to be purchased, but allows modify and customize with HTML and CSS
Badges: meaningless if the entire institution is not on board. google and mozilla badges platforms. D2L is about to roll out badges, only if the entire institution and the business recognize them. otherwise, the badges are dead upon exit from class.
make discussion interactive through upvote: http://www.reddit.com/r/upvote/
Scavenger hunt mentioned. Bluetooth info beacons used across campus to enable scavenger hunt. Across mobile devices.
Librarians and instructional designers mentioned.
His D2L home page has twitter widget and skype widget. He says the Skype widget enormously used. When will my proposal for Adobe Connect Widget will be addressed, am asking I for years?
The Marketer’s Guide to Using Quizzes to Reach and Engage Your Audience
http://www.copyblogger.com/quiz-guide/
Part 1: How to create an intriguing quiz
- Know your audience.
- Write to one person.
Write irresistible titles
Craft the questions
- Let your personality shine.
- Follow the pub rule.
- Don’t be afraid to get personal.
Design results that get shared
- Be positive.
- Don’t lie.
- Prepare to be shared.
Part 2: Three ways to use quizzes
To drive traffic from the social web
To generate new leads
To gather valuable information about your visitors
Part 3: How to distribute your quiz
On your website or blog
On Facebook
- On your timeline.
- In a custom tab.
On Twitter
Making Social Video Work for Your Brand [INFOGRAPHIC]
http://www.socialmediatoday.com/content/making-social-video-work-your-brand-infographic
- Understand your audience
- Create the content
- Manage the distribution
- Measure and attribute success
Reading Your Mind: IBM’s New Computer Chip Copies Brain Function
http://www.igi-global.com/newsroom/archive/reading-your-mind-ibm-new/1912/
Relying on densely connected webs of transistors similar to the brain’s neural networks, the chip, called TrueNorth, uses the power of an average hearing aid. According to the article, the invention is on a path to excel at calculations that stump today’s supercomputers. “It is a remarkable achievement in terms of scalability and low power consumption
25 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom, By Degree Of Difficulty
http://www.edudemic.com/25-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-classroom-by-degree-of-difficulty/
Please contact us (ims@stcloudstate.edu) and/or follow us on social media, if you need assistance with applying Twitter, social media and/or any other technology in your classroom and syllabi
Please consider other IMS blog entries on the use of Twitter in education:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2014/07/12/why-and-how-teachers-are-using-twitter/
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2014/05/22/the-teachers-guide-to-twitter/
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2013/12/05/twitter-resources-for-its-use-in-education/
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2013/11/26/twitter-grammar/
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2013/11/03/10-twitter-tips-for-teachers/
please feel free to search (upper left corner) the IMS blog for further resources
How Open Badges Could Really Work In Education
http://www.edudemic.com/open-badges-in-education/
Higher education institutions are abuzz with the concept of Open Badges. The concept was presented to SCSU CETL some two years ago, but it remained mute on the SCSU campus. Part of the presentation to the SCSU CETL included the assertion that “Some advocates have suggested that badges representing learning and skills acquired outside the classroom, or even in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), will soon supplant diplomas and course credits.”
“For higher education institutions interested in keeping pace, establishing a digital ecosystem around badges to recognize college learning, skill development and achievement is less a threat and more an opportunity. Used properly, Open Badge systems help motivate, connect, articulate and make transparent the learning that happens inside and outside classrooms during a student’s college years.”
Educational programs that use learning design to attach badges to educational experiences according to defined outcomes can streamline credit recognition.
The badge ecosystem isn’t just a web-enabled transcript, CV, and work portfolio rolled together. It’s also a way to structure the process of education itself. Students will be able to customize learning goals within the larger curricular framework, integrate continuing peer and faculty feedback about their progress toward achieving those goals, and tailor the way badges and the metadata within them are displayed to the outside world.
Which Universities Are Effectively Using Social Media?
http://www.edudemic.com/universities-social-media/
