Active Learning

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Active Learning

7 Things You Should Know About Gamification

August 10, 2011

Gamification is the application of game elements in non-gaming situations , often to motivate or influence behavior. The rewards or the spirit of competition can spur students’ concentratio…

Reflections on Play, Pedagogy, and World of Warcraft

September 22, 2010

Key Takeaways The video game World of Warcraft was the text studied, the laboratory, and the classroom for the online course "Warcraft: Culture, Gender, and Identity"…

Games: The Best Way to Learn. Period.

October 14, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference

In an age of distraction, information overload, and disengagement, traditional methods of conveying information to students are increasingly ineffective. In this session, we argue that games—with…

Learning and Playing Together: An Interinstitutional, Interdisciplinary Gaming Course

September 23, 2009 | A session at the ELI 2009 Online Fall Focus Session

To encourage interdisciplinary student collaboration, Johns Hopkins created an introductory gaming course taught by faculty from regional colleges and professionals in the expanding gaming indust…

Game-Based Learning: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Learning Technology)

January 22, 2009 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2009

This session will focus on three aspects of gaming in higher education: What new opportunities can games bring to our students' learning experiences? What issues of concern surround the discus…

New ELI 7 Things... Explores Gamification

August 12, 2011

 Gamification is the application of game elements in non-gaming situations, often to motivate or influence behavior. The rewards or the spirit of competition can spur students’ concentr…