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Interactive Learning: Enhancing Moodle Courses with Gamification

Discover how to engage and motivate learners through gamification in Moodle. Learn to add various games and badges to your courses. Explore interactive activities and tools for increased engagement. Presented by Jim Edgar at TESL Ottawa on May 4, 2019.

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Interactive Learning: Enhancing Moodle Courses with Gamification

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  1. Gamify Your Moodle Course Jim Edgar TESL Ottawa May 4, 2019

  2. Presentation summary Gamification in e-learning has emerged as an effective way to increase learner engagement and motivation. This session explains gamification and demonstrates ways of adding different types of games to a Moodle course. It also shows how Moodle badges can be used to recognize skills and achievements. Edulinc.org, a Moodle site funded by IRCC, is used to demonstrate these concepts.

  3. Outline • Gamification vs. game-based learning • Common features of games • Moodle tools enabling gamification • Badges • Activities: Games, H5P, Realtime Quiz • Blocks: Latest badges, Activity Results, Level Up! • Badges • Revealing hidden content • Social interaction: Comments block • Wrap up and Questions

  4. Gamification vs Game-based Learning Gamification – using game-like elements to present course content to increase student engagement in the learning process Game-basedlearning – the use of game as part of the instruction

  5. Common Features of Games • Interactivity • Instant feedback • Progress indicator • Scoreboard • Time limits • Repetition • Unveiling of level • Badges and awards • Social interaction • Others?

  6. Moodle Tools Enabling Gamification In browser, navigate to EduLinc.org Log in with today’s credentials: ie: username: gamerXX password: gamerXX

  7. Contact • Project Info: learnit2teach.ca • Twitter: @learnit2teach Jim Edgar edgar.jim@gmail.com

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