What Can Engagement in Games Teach Me About Engagement in My Courses?
$19.00 – $399.00
We can all use fresh ideas for engaging students with course content. What can the games we play teach us about designing our courses? Games have kept people engaged for decades because they have systematically designed engagement practices. In this program we will explore how to recognize these engagement practices and apply them into course design. Learn how to use the games that surround us to make our courses more powerful.
Additional information
Purchase Options | 1-week On-demand Individual Access, 1-month On-demand Institutional Access, Campus Access License |
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What Can Engagement in Games Teach Me About Engagement in My Courses?
We can all use fresh ideas for engaging students with course content. What can the games we play teach us about designing our courses? Games have kept people engaged for decades because they have systematically designed engagement practices. In this program we will explore how to recognize these engagement practices and apply them into course design. Learn how to use the games that surround us to make our courses more powerful.
Purchase the What Can Engagement in Games Teach Me About Engagement in My Courses? 20-Minute Mentor program, presented by Kristin Ziska Strange. Learn that the core principles of course design are very similar to the principles of game design, they will learn how to look at games for inspiration, and they will learn that it can be easy to modify their courses to make them more engaging.
Learning Goals
After this program, participants will be able to:
- Analyze an engagement strategy for effectiveness and suitability
- Gather original ideas from current games
- Take their discoveries from games and thoughtfully implement them into their own courses.
Topics Covered
- Game Design vs Instructional Design (spoiler alert: they’re not so different)
- Popular Game Engagement Strategies (narrative, fail gloriously, etc.)
- Analyzing a game (Analyzing a popular game step-by-step)
- Implementation
- Evaluation (Did it work? How to ask the right questions)
Audience
This program will benefit:
- Faculty
- Instructional Designers
- This is a fundamental program appropriate for any experience level
Product Code: PM19FA
Campus Access License
With the purchase of the optional Campus Access License (or Group License when ordering online), registrants are granted a license to download the program contents to a password-protected network, server, or website for additional staff use. You will receive information on downloading the contents of the program within 3-5 business days.
FEATURED PRODUCTS
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- Active and Engaged Students, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Blended and Flipped Learning, Classroom Climate, Classroom Management, Course Delivery and Instruction, Course Design and Preparation, Digital Library, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Faculty, Faculty Support, Legal Concerns, On-Demand Seminars, Online Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement, Personal Development, Specific Student Populations, Student Engagement, Supporting Online Faculty, Teaching Strategies, Technology in Online Courses, Technology in the Classroom
- Magna Seminar Series
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