Learning should be hard, hard as fun.
One of trepidations that students carry into introductory STEM courses is that the learning will be hard, perhaps too hard. …
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Gamification for Edu – Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography Aguilar, S., Holman, C., & Fishman, B. (2013). Leveling-Up: Evolving Game-Inspired University Course Design (pp. 46–52). Presented at …
Playing the Game of School Well
When students use checklists as a way to track school tasks they apply gameful approach. They track their progress and …
Why Grounded Theory is Good for Gamification
Grounded Theory is a systematic generation of theory from systematic research (Padgett, 2004). The purpose of this Grounded Theory study …
The Flow in Introductory College Courses
Advanced courses attract students who are already motivated to learn the subject matter. These students completed introductory courses and decided …
Game Metaphors in Teaching and Learning
The teaching craft is greatly dependent on metaphors and illustrations to convey new concepts. Historically, illustrations are based on the …
Experience Design for Learning 