Resources for Using Games for Teaching
- University of Toronto Libraries' Digital PedagogyThis guide is meant to inform the user about Digital Pedagogy. It includes information on educational theory, a collection of case studies, and resources relevant to the study of digital pedagogy. This link specifically is to the section on game-based learning in their digital pedagogy guide.
- Game-Based LearningThis module was written by the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College to assist faculty who want to start using games to help them teach.
- Gamification Resource Playlist on O'ReillyIt's not just a gimmick. Gamification works because it triggers real, powerful human emotions. Happiness, intrigue, excitement…
Gamification Books
The Gamification of Learning and Instruction by ISBN: 9781118096345Publication Date: 2012-05-01In this comprehensive resource, international learning expert Karl M. Kapp reveals the value of game-based mechanics to create meaningful learning experiences. Drawing together the most current information and relevant research in one resource, The Gamification of Learning and Instruction shows how to create and design games that are effective and meaningful for learners.
Play to Learn by ISBN: 9781562865771Publication Date: 2017-04-04This book bridges the gap between instructional design and game design; it's written to grow your game literacy and strengthen crucial game design skills.
Game On! by ISBN: 9781421423975Publication Date: 2017-12-15Kevin Bell's Game On! presents dynamic case studies of gamer educators and game-derived techniques to help instructors creatively formulate their own teaching strategies. Breaking gamefully designed classes into their component parts, Bell analyzes what these classes are actually doing and explains why they work.
Gamification and Advanced Technology to Enhance Motivation in Education by ISBN: 9783039369713Publication Date: 2020Games can be very powerful tools in the improvement of learning processes from three different and complementary perspectives: as tools for teaching content or skills, as an object of the learning project itself, and as a philosophy to be taken into account when designing the training process. Each chapter in this book presents research on these perspectives.
Games-Based Learning Articles
- Gaming in Education: Using Games as a Support Tool to Teach History by Victor Samuel Zirawaga, Adeleye Idowu Olusanya, and Tinovimbanashe MadukuThis paper discusses the implementation and use of gaming applications in teaching History, a subject which is mainly concerned about facts, by highlighting the role games have in education. The design of games such as word search, crossword, jigsaw puzzle, brain teasers and sliding puzzle using an open-source tool called ProProfs is also discussed in this paper.
- Foundations of Game-Based Learning by Jan L. Plass, Bruce D. Homer, and Charles K. KinzerIn this article, we argue that to study or apply games as learning environments, multiple
perspectives have to be taken into account. We first define game-based learning and gamification, and then discuss theoretical models that describe learning with games, arguing that playfulness is orthogonal to learning theory. - Winning Together: Using Game-Based Response Systems to Boost Perception of Learning by Sadaf Asatari and Joseph TaylorThis cross-sectional study explores student perception of learning using GCRS (Kahoot) in undergraduate Information Systems courses. This study also examines the simplicity of working with GCRS, the extent to which the technology motivates student engagement, and the extent to which different features of GCRS can trigger or facilitate student participation.
- Educational Game Design Based on Experiential Learning Theory by Yatao LiBased on the characteristics of the experiential learning model and the analysis of the principles of educational game design, this thesis analyze the process of educational game design, and propose four modules of experiential educational game design - introduction module, demonstration module, operation module and verification module.