Downsides to analytics in Higher Education
Learning analytics looks are proxies for learning, and it can be tempting to mistake correlations for causation. Predicting the future …
Category Archives: Gameful Learning
Course Gamification Tools for Blackboard Learn
Introduction Gamification: “the use of game mechanics and experience design to digitally engage and motivate people to achieve their goals” …
Course Gamification Tools for Blackboard Learn – The Rest of the Story
In response to a Blackboard World 2017 developer competition challenge, Hackaboard, I developed a set of course gamification tools. The …
My Blackboard – Amazon Alexa Skill
Welcome The new Amazon Alexa skill My Blackboard allows you to say: Alexa, open My Blackboard. Alexa, get my grades. …
Failure, a Key to Learning
I returned home with an A- grade earned in an important exam. I shared the news with my father, and …
Lilly Conference – Building Inclusive University Culture by Gameful Design of Teaching
Presentation given by Szymon Machajewski in Traverse City, Oct 21st, 2016. Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning. http://www.lillyconferences-mi.com Let …
Fiero in the Classroom
Fiero is what we feel after we triumph over adversity. You know it when you feel it – and when …
Literature Review in Gamification
This blog previously demonstrated conflicting research views on gamification and a limited knowledge of the phenomenon. Granic et al. (2014) …
Five Research Studies in Gamification
Gamification is grounded in the self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000). It supports psychological needs of autonomy, relatedness, and competence. …
On Self-Determination Theory and Five Sample Studies
The self-determination theory was originally created to gain deeper understanding of intrinsic motivation of humans (Ryan & Deci, 2000). The …
