The objective of this proposal is to create a practical, hands-on guide to assist in the design and/or evaluation of gamified systems, specifically in relation to their effectiveness in affording learners the opportunity to feel motivated to learn. Initially developed for a face-to-face audience in workshops at MTU, the suite of resources will be strengthened by feedback from staff and student participants. Once developed, these resources will be offered to the educational community as a whole.

The proposal is based on a framework linking elements used in games and gamified systems with components of the Self-Determination Theory of Motivation (Ryan and Deci, 2000). This framework has been well received in the gamification research community, with related publications downloaded and cited multiple times. There is a high level of interest in this concept across the educational community, as shown by numerous invited presentations on utilising gamification in education, to Masters in STEM students from the primary teaching community, secondary school science teachers, and educators. A practical toolkit is necessary, as many educators are not familiar with the various elements required in good games and gamified systems, nor how they can best integrate these with their teaching.

Similar to the ABC learning design approach developed at University College London, whose team has created an entire suite of paper-based kits for the dissemination of their ideas, in the first instance I will develop such a suite of resources for workshops with lecturers and students, before going on to adapt these resources as OERs in the future.

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