Seven things you should know about games and learning

Posted on March 15th, 2014

Educause provides an overview about applying the principles and structures of games to learning. Gamification efforts to improve learning include overlaying gaming elements onto a course, creating gaming activities that deliver content, and, in some cases, structuring an entire course as a game. Educause highlights that “game mechanics reinforce the fact that failure is neither a setback nor an outcome but rather an indication that more work is needed to master the skill or knowledge” and concludes that “such efforts can draw students into learning in ways that most traditional forms of teaching cannot.”

http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7106.pdf