Avoidance of loss (grades) must balance with positive incentives to genuinely inspire student learning.

By implementing strategies that introduce scarcity and impatience, teachers can enhance student motivation and value in learning outcomes.

In the classroom, students can be very possessive. This behavior reflects Core Drive 4: Ownership & Possession, driven by our natural possessiveness. By incorporating game design techniques that promo...

My elementary-age daughter loves the arts. Drawing, dancing, creating clay objects, and designing rooms in Canva. She loves doing it all, and I hope that spirit never goes away. Children have such cre...

Playing challenging video games as a kid prepared me for life's hurdles. In education, using game design techniques like boss fights and progress bars can give students that same sense of accomplishme...

The Octalysis framework's Core Drive 1, Epic Meaning & Calling, motivates people through higher purpose and narrative. It can be applied in a variety of ways in the classroom.

Engage students in assessment by turning it into a boss battle. Use Google Sheet to track progress and incentivize success.

In a previous post, I discussed a general ideas of what gamification is. Before getting into the specifics of different game techniques, there's one other part of the framework to understand. As I men...

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Gamification goes beyond playing games in class - it's about engagement. It includes game-based learning and principles like ownership, creativity, and social influence for an engaging classroom.

Links challenges students to group 16 related terms into 4 categories. It encourages critical thinking, communication, and justification of reasoning. The game offers various variations including whol...

Matching Minds is a fast-paced, word association game that challenges students' vocabulary. Players compete to come up with unique words that fit specific categories. Setup is easy; just duplicate the...