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39 Education Gamification and Game Design with Keegan Long-Wheeler
39 Education Gamification and Game Design with Keegan Long-Wheeler
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Nov 19, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Keegan Long-Wheeler discusses how gamification plays a role in medical education and the future of game design. Keegan Long-Wheeler is an Educational Technologist Office of Digital Learning at the University of Oklahoma. He has been a creative developer in gamified educational materials and game design for many years. In this episode, we are going to discuss how gamification plays a role in education and where the future of game design may be going for medical and other academic environments. Introduction 4:43 How Students Learn with an Online Educational Environment & Game Design 8:20 Open-source Game-based Learning: Games Offer Bold Learning Insights Nowadays (GOBLIN) and eXperience Play 15:05 Autonomy Over One’s Education with Game-based Design 17:20 Team-based Activities & Educational Collaboration Through Gamifying Medical School 21:00 Using Tokens and Rewards to Encourage Student Participation Contact Keegan via Twitter for more details. Also, please visit his website and explore his other recommended resources below! Resources What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy Keegan’s Website Goblin Home Page Goblin Download Pack eXperience Play Home Page Twine Habatica
Released:
Nov 19, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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