{"id":299,"date":"2020-06-08T12:01:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T11:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/?p=299"},"modified":"2021-11-02T13:12:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:12:48","slug":"games-and-gamification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/games-and-gamification\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers U1 Lesson 3 &#8211; Games \u204a Gamification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"299\" class=\"elementor elementor-299\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3c8626 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3c8626\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1b652d\" data-id=\"e1b652d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a494eb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a494eb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A good way to keep your students engaged and let them have fun while learning is using <strong>games<\/strong><b>\u00a0<\/b>or in other words\u00a0<strong>gamifying<\/strong> your activities. You\u00a0can create a game from scratch or adapt one to achieve specific learning outcomes. You can for instance create <strong>learning <\/strong>quizzes, solo card games or adapt board games in a way that suit<strong>s<\/strong> your learning aims. This is something that you can do in classroom as well as online. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/svg\/1f60a.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude0a\" \/>\u00a0In online\u00a0 environments, you can plan games to be played collaboratively (in a live class) or individually (as part of your course material).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5bce35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5bce35\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7c813e\" data-id=\"e7c813e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a57dfca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a57dfca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is it?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e9b025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e9b025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\"><b>GAMIFICATION<\/b> is the use of <b>gaming elements<\/b> in education to favour learning while at the same time foster interaction, engagement and excitement. In this sense, you can add gaming features to your instructions or activities like game points, badges, timing, sound effects or a progress bar. In this way your student will have the illusion to play a game when taking an exercise or activity. This will naturally help them to get out of their comfort zone: as they see the lesson or the activity as a game, they will not feel under pressure or afraid of trying answering questions or speak the foreign language. They will let themselves get carried away from the<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\">game!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1c4526 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1c4526\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7280f7d\" data-id=\"7280f7d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c224c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c224c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Benefits of e-learning<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c3a115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c3a115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gamification fosters\u00a0excitement for learning while at the same time promotes interaction, teamwork, problem-solving skills and healthy competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is also useful for practising oral skills.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-716e197 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"716e197\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cadd04\" data-id=\"4cadd04\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d0192 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35d0192\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tips for effective on-line gamification<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7ff5c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7ff5c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can (re)create a board game by simply using a presentation programme and devise the game in slides.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Make sure you write down clear instructions and use pictures, but also interactive elements like videos or other tools. Many tools have ready-made templates that you can simply edit with your own instructions and content.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97f7115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97f7115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/teachers-u3-lesson-4\/\">Ed Toolkit<\/a> for information on interesting apps.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc93bc0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc93bc0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1e37c0\" data-id=\"f1e37c0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5a6b55 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f5a6b55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0284c15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0284c15\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-57be775\" data-id=\"57be775\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7145bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7145bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Back to U1 Lesson 3<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-035fa76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"035fa76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/teachers-u1-lesson-3\/\">Instructional Approaches<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2863954\" data-id=\"2863954\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dee20c5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dee20c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good way to keep your students engaged and let them have fun while learning is using games\u00a0or in other words\u00a0gamifying your activities. 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