Class Room Session, EAA 2023: How to introduce game elements in your class?

Hands-on workshop.  Gamification in education means that educators use game design elements into the education setting.  The goal is to make learning more engaging, novel, surprising and exciting.  Elements of gamification can be used both during class and outside of class. 

In this interactive hands-on session, you will play the role of the student and experience how game elements can be used to make learning more engaging.  Sometimes educators get lost in the wide range of available tools.  That is why the current class room session will provide small examples of how to insert game elements into your course, without having to spend too much time on it.  Real life examples of our own teaching will be shared, as well as tips and tricks to use in your own class.  Why not use a funny game to start your next class?

In addition, we demonstrate an app, developed at Ghent University, that is used by students, to review the material in a pleasant way, anywhere anytime at any place.  You will play this web-app on your own smart phone during this hands-on workshop and will experience in real time how this tool works (access to internet is necessary).  The demo version is readily available and can be used in the own classes afterwards.  The effectiveness of the app has been proven by our own empirical research and experiences will be shared on how to use it.

Breaking the concept of gamification down into relevant game design elements is tricky in education, but you will leave the room with several ideas and readily-available tools to use in your courses like financial accounting, managerial accounting, etc.

To have a look at the DUGA tool, go to www.duga.castars.net and register.  Add the code 590de1 and you can start playing some sample questions of financial accounting.  Some questions on Finland, Sweden were added during the EAA session to show how easy it is to add new questions.

Interested to use DUGA as a teacher with your students, please contact us and we are happy to give you a personal code. To give you access, we just need a little bit of information from you. Please take a moment to fill out this form to get access as a teacher.

Game on!