More of the Same

This week’s focus was on reading and organizing. I had gathered a lot of articles and links in several different places and was struggling to find what I needed. I ended up spending quite a bit of time revisiting all of my different links and matching the article, blog, or video to the topic that it goes with. I also noted a brief summary of each item so that I could find what I needed more easily. Another great discovery was that the author of one of the sites that I had bookmarked had published a book about gamification called Even Ninja Monkeys like to play. I have read about a third off the book so far and am finding it very useful.  

Our Weekly Meeting

Molly and I met on Monday and discussed a few different things. Onboarding was an area that we were looking at as something that we wanted to model and also something that is useful even in non-gamified situations. If done correctly, it could help get students off to a strong start in a class. We aren’t quite sure where it belongs in the course, but it will probably go in either the elements unit or the gamification design framework unit.

The Player Journey

Another thing that came up in our meeting was the player journey. This is actually a topic that we need to cover but had forgotten about. We spent quite a bit of time at our meeting discussing where it fit. I am not sure that we decided, we just figured that we would keep it in mind as we develop our content and see what happens. The areas that we were looking at are thinking like a game designer, game design or motivation.

 

What's Next

This week I intend to keep reading and start outlining my content in Canvas (I have things on paper, but haven’t transferred them yet). I expect my content to be an iterative process as I figure out what needs to be in Canvas, what I want the students to watch on video and what articles I want them to read. Some reading will probably be required and other articles will be available depending on their interests. We won’t be meeting this Monday, because Molly is traveling, but I am hoping that this will be the week that I start having something to show for all my work.