Gamification in Education

True or False: With scores and rewards being very powerful feedback tools, it is best to set rewards at key points throughout the lesson and to prioritize a certain standard of proficiency to encourage learners to do their best.

• True

• False

What level of Aesthetic detail is needed to pull in a student?

• A small amount, the educational material is more important.

• Make a whole new game for each lesson.

• Enough for your lessons to make sense and have a coherent narrative.

• Copy and paste an entertainment level video game’s lore.

Chance or Strategy, what makes a great Gamification lesson?

• Strategy

• Chance

• Neither

• An even mix

In "A Practitioner's Guide to Gamification of Education" what does Yu-kai Chou define gamification as?

• The craft of deriving all the fun elements found in games and applying them to real-world activities.

• The creation of a game out of an activity or common everyday action.

• The development of a video game based on real-world or productive activities.

• The trivialization of real-world activities blanding any elements of games.

When developing a gamification lesson, which of the following is a large limitation for developing such a lesson?

• The timing of the class or lesson

• The investment of the students

• A game itself cannot be gamified

To even begin the developmental process of gamification, what is the greatest factor to think of first?

• Available resources

• Who the audience is

• Time frame for the lessons

• Permission by advisors

Based on Figure 4, what would lead to more boredom and anxiety during a lesson?

• High skill/time and low difficulty

• Low skill/time and high difficulty

Based on Figure 4, what would increase the flow of the lesson?

• Keep the difficulty level low so that everyone always wins

• Steadily decrease Difficulty and increase skill/time

• Steadily increase Difficulty and skill/time

What is an example of Game design principles and heuristics?

• Leaderboard

• Enduring Play

• Time Constraint

When adding Gamification to your lessons, in what type of setting is best to apply game elements?

• A Game Like Setting

• A Non-game Like Setting

• A fantasy or sci-fi setting