Game on! : gamification, gameful design, and the rise of the gamer educator /

Bell, Kevin, 1968-

Game on! : gamification, gameful design, and the rise of the gamer educator / Kevin Bell. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (x, 203 pages) : illustrations - Tech.edu : a Hopkins series on education and technology .

Includes bibliographies and index.

A societal imperative : the Impetus for online -- How did we get here? : the maturation of online education -- University of South Florida : the fairy tale MOOC -- University of New Hampshire : the hero's journey -- The University of Waterloo : ethical decision making -- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts : dungeons and discourse -- The Pennsylvania State University -- Assessing gamification : conclusions and implications -- Catching ... -- Captain's epilogue.

"Following on the enormous growth and reach of computer gaming, most recently on mobile devices, and because of faculty members' desire to connect with millennials, online games have made their way into college classrooms. As part of our Tech. EDU series, this book focuses on how games are being used in college and what that might say for higher education today. Kevin Bell has assembled a book made up of a series of case studies, wherein faculty pilot games and game-derived techniques in college and university classes. He uses these examples to ground a practical discussion of gaming and gamification best practices, prefaced by a wide-ranging introduction to the topic in the broader context of computer-mediated teaching and learning"--



9781421423975


Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on.
Education, Higher--Computer-assisted instruction.
Internet in higher education.
Gamification.
Video games.
Educational games.


Electronic Books.

LB2395 / .G364 2018