Language-learning is never an easy thing – for the students attempting to learn and for the teachers attempting to teach. It wasn’t so long ago that textbooks were the sole resource available (in some instances, they might still be). Perhaps if a class was lucky, the teacher may have had in their possession a CD…
Month: October 2016
Gamification and Punishment – Episode 4 Follow-up
‘Your father said GET OUTSIDE!!’ The concept of ‘play’ is most often associated with enjoyment, while the notion of ‘being punished’ is frequent associated with this only in the context of play being disallowed or in some way no longer possible. Yet encountering obstacles – and stumbling at various points – is not only a…
Gamifying Health and Fitness – Episode 4
So, it’s taken six weeks but we’ve finally introduced ourselves! The opening episodes focused on ‘our gamified world’ in a very specific sense – that is, the ways in which Danielle and Adam have applied gamification in their own work. From this point forward, that world will be expanded and you’ll see that our take…
From Planning to Implementation – Episode 3 Follow-up
The gamification of the unit #ALC203 makes it a lot more interesting,interactive and encouraging for students of learn! — Shivangi Sharma (@shivi2016) May 5, 2016 Episode 3 of Our Gamified World is probably an ‘outlier’ in some ways given that it’s possibly the one and only time we’ll chat about an example of gamification that doesn’t…
Structuring Engagement via Gamification – Episode 3
Ever wanted to be a hero? And did you picture yourself being one on YouTube? Maybe – many people do – but probably not in the same way that you now can be… Not all gamification is well received. YouTube’s recent decision to gamify the ways in which people interact with user generated content has…