Giving virtual world learning a pedagogical boost with a gamified authentic learning design

Hanna Teräs; Marko Teräs; Torsten Reiners

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 1688–1693

Gamification is one of today’s hot topics in education. However, the concept is new and sometimes gets mixed up with others, such as virtual worlds or game-based learning. Understanding of what gamification actually is and what the educational...

Topics: pedagogical issues, Implementation Experiences, Design Principles