Using Adaptive Learning
How do you think you would use adaptive learning in your course?
I would like to use adapting learning In the course by playing games, group learning, and keeping students engaged by having interested topics.
Jo Ann,
Sounds like a good plan as long as the students actually will actively participate in the adaptive learning.
Renee Shaffer
I teach many computer application courses. These would be perfect for adaptive learning. Students could progress through the Chapters and complete assignments at their own pace. Class time would be used to review more difficult tasks and explain key concepts about how the software works.
Matt,
so you are a part of this great nw world of learning . Congratulation! I think gamifiaction has always worked throughout the ages when instructors made the content fun.
Renee Shaffer
I chose this course as it focuses on something I have been studying and testing for sometime. I myself am a videogame developer who instructs game and interactive media design.
Not only is gamification something my colleagues and I use in our courses, is an element of the content we try to teach to our students. While many students enter the program because they want to make grandiose epics full of orcs, dragons and elves, game design is very much about teaching the player. Part of the fun of games is learning the game!
I have used elements of gamification in my classes to help engage students, while at the same time being the very content i am trying to teach them.
Helen, that's really great, I am sure your students really feel good when they get the answer right or perform the skill well and get the clap! Makes the other student want to study more (I would think )so they aren't just the clapper/audience :)
Student success is measured by implementing their knowledge in the workforce. Critical thinking skills along with initiative are a must in each career path. It is up to educators (us) to prepare our students for the best possible opportunities to employ these techniques in their specific career field. So, what we will be doing soon is testing the adaptive approach to assist students in moving at their own pace and customize their learning path. In this process, we anticipate showing the progress of each student and the class as a whole to the teacher for real-time and more in-depth feedback. The software that we will use utilizes games, quizzes, and a variety of activities to engage students but also to gradually bring them to a higher level of learning.
Helen,
Wow, I never heard of the clapper. May try to use that myself next time.
Renee Shaffer
I have a very simple form of reward for my students-it's a clapper. By the end of the first day students are motivated to get that clap. Everytime a student is able to perform a skill or answer a question they get a clap. I think that awards have always played a part in education. There are other ways of being fun in the classroom without doing computer games although this generation is more attuned to computer games.
Rick,
I liked the quote about girls liking guys with medals.
Renee Shaffer
Hi Renee:
But the key question here - did you watch the video? Hope you got a chuckle out of it at least.
-R
Rick,
Many people are saying that awards, badges, etc. are the wave of the future in higher education. The whole gamification of education- things have to be fun in order to engage students and motivate them.
Renee Shaffer
Probably the AL technique that I can see putting into action in my classes would be gamification. As I teach IT, gamification sorta comes with the territory. Last year, I was thinking about static reward systems that would allow students to compete (like Xbox points and achievements).
However, there is a twist of which I must make mention:
We want students to learn the material, primarily because it's going to serve them well as they become professionals in industry. We really don't want education degenerating into a comparison of points and awards - so that can be a barrier.
Consider this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRshMRyRrgs
But then, at the end, C-level management has their own gamification - golf. So I guess the reward for job well done - more games.
By the way, the text mentioned Ribbon Hero - only good on Office 2007 and 2010 - 2013 is not supported. #SwingAndAMiss
