2. Who am I?
Ben Wagner
Technical Evangelist
Webanywhere
ben.wagner@webanywhere.co.uk
Twitter: @schoolanywhere
Linkedin: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/benwagner88/
3. What is Gamification?
Creating “Game-Based” content
Reward system - positive feedback for completion
Primary level - learning by gaming
Secondary / Workplace - left out!
4. An Introduction to “Open Badges”
Free!
By Mozilla (Firefox Developers)
Gold Stars
“Achievements” - Think Xbox, Playstation, Steam
“Electronic Award for Particularly Good Work”
5. Using Open Badges to enhance
learning outcomes
“Return on Investment” for the time you put in
What do you wish to deliver?
Case study - Badges as a motivator for prop work
Case study - encouraging self led learning with an
introverted member of staff
6. Recognising non-certified learning
Picking up skills not recognised by GCSE’s or professional accreditation
Motivated by incentive of earning more badges
“Surprise” badges
Rewarding hard work or extra effort
7. Moodle and Open Badges integration
Show your badges - Profiles and My Moodle
Create and assign badges - adding badges to courses
Awarding badges - completion tracking - trigger badges.
Manual awards for non quantitative achievement
8. Conclusion
Thank you for listening!
Any questions or comments drop me an e-mail:
ben.wagner@webanywhere.co.uk