Solving Complex Challenges Using Gamification
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WSSU leads research into “gamification” by embracing a different way of thinking.
Gamification incorporates gaming elements into complex issues. Winston-Salem State University students and staff are researching how gaming theory helps us learn.
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Solving Complex Challenges Using Gamification
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Gamification incorporates gaming elements into complex issues. Winston-Salem State University students and staff are researching how gaming theory helps us learn.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Gamification is when we take certain elements that are similar to games and then put them into a non game context in order to help provide some kind of a motivational boost to the people so that they can accomplish the things that they want to accomplish.
>> As a first generation college student in my family and to be the only second graduate from college, it really means a lot because I'm the youngest of 6 and the oldest being like 32.
Giving my brothers and sisters, something to strive for to achieve is really important to me, because I want to inspire them to further their futures as I have.
I've been interested in computer science since I was 9 years old.
I wrote my first program in Lua, and ever since then I just loved everything about programming.
>> We build ourselves a gamification platform, a platfform which allow instructors to gamify their courses because we're one of the first internationally to build such a platform and I'm seeing growing interest, and the use of these and many more courses to be gamified, in particular in the secondary and higher education.
>> Our group right now is primarily research focused.
When we looked at the history of all of gamification in education, we saw a lot of studies that sort of said, "We tried badges and it was great.
"We tried leaderboards and it was great."
And they didn't really do a good job of separating out the effect of the gamification from the effect of the excitement of the professor to be trying a novel thing.
What we actually have built here primarily is a research platform where people can try different gamification strategies.
So it's very, very configurable so you can do a whole bunch of different things.
>> We are planning to see combination of game elements which makes the learning environment more gainful, interesting and inspiring.
>> Looking at the history of demand for computer science graduates, there's never been any prolonged period where it has shrunk.
It's grown steadily ever since the 1970's, and all the indicators are that it's going to keep growing.
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