{"id":408,"date":"2023-06-28T07:30:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T11:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/?p=408"},"modified":"2023-06-27T19:02:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T23:02:40","slug":"a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"A Non-Gamer’s Guide to Gamification Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Explore how a gamification for learning experience in one online course fostered empathy and communication skills.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a gamer, but I have always been curious and intrigued by the possibilities of gamification for learning or games-based learning. In this blog, I share what a gamification for learning experience taught me about the power of meaningful, active learning as a way to foster critical competencies valuable to our learners.<\/p>\n

What is Gamification for Learning?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Gamification<\/a> is the use of game design elements in non-game contexts. In simple terms, gamification is making something game-like. Gamification storytelling,<\/a> specifically, engages users through a compelling storyline and immerses them in a journey, bridging knowledge with real-world applications and facilitates learning by \u201cdoing.\u201d Examples of gamified learning include edX\u2019s Fantastic Places, Unhuman Humans: Exploring Humanity Through Literature<\/a> and My Grandmother\u2019s Lingo<\/a>, a multiple award-winning storytelling experience. But is gamification effective for learning? Recent research points to evidence<\/a> that gamification does benefit learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A Gamification for Learning Example<\/h2>\n

When a Ball State University professor shared with me his own storytelling gamification activity, I jumped at the opportunity to test it. The web-based experience he created<\/a> guides users through a \u201cChoose Your Own Adventure\u2122\u201d story (designers will recognize this as \u201cbranching scenarios\u201d). Users navigate real-world scenarios that trans and non-cisgender individuals often experience when traveling and visiting family. The below image is screen-capture from the activity, which prompts users to select one of three options. Students continue their journey depending on the options they choose.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

Examining gender identities is an integral topic for any introduction to gender studies course, which is the area I teach in. Typically, students in my course complete learning activities such as reading scholarship and personal essays by trans authors. While reading and discussing first-person essays or watching videos can be an impactful way to understand key course content, these learning activities alone are not quite as powerful as actively immersing oneself in someone else\u2019s proverbial shoes through a gamification experience. I decided to introduce my own students to the storytelling gamification activity described above.<\/p>\n

Building Key Skills\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Students in my introduction to women\u2019s and gender studies course found the interactive experience eye-opening. For at least one student, this activity challenged her assumptions about what it means to navigate the world as a trans person. Others noted that the experience fostered empathy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Students also noted a valuable takeaway from the course overall was developing the skills to communicate about others\u2019 experiences. Practicing key terms and concepts is one important step in developing the skills needed to communicate confidently with others, but interactive activities such as gamification for learning can aid students in understanding and\u00a0articulating<\/i>\u00a0experiences different from their own.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

This experience taught me that gamification for learning has powerful implications for fostering empathy and building communication skills. I\u2019m excited to investigate technologies to actively engage students in future online courses. <\/span>Have you explored or developed gamification for learning activities for your course? We’d love to hear more in the comments.<\/span><\/p>\n

References\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n

Caldwell, Leo. \u201cMore Than a Pee.\u201d Leo Caldwell. March 2, 2017. http:\/\/www.leocaldwell.com\/pee-interactive-trans-experience\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Deterding et al. \u201cFrom Game Design Elements to Gamefulness: Defining Gamification.\u201d MindTrek ’11: Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Envisioning Future Media Environments<\/em>\u00a0(September): 9\u201315. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/2181037.2181040<\/a><\/p>\n

edX. \u201cFantastic Places, Unhuman Humans: Exploring Humanity Through Literature. Accessed May 11, 2023. https:\/\/www.edx.org\/course\/fantastic-places-unhuman-humans-exploring-humanity?index=product&queryID=24f2b2c504bdc8cbd7881a1361318724&position=1&v=2&linked_from=autocomplete&c=autocomplete<\/a><\/p>\n

Joshua, Angelina. \u201cMy Grandmother\u2019s Lingo.\u201d Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). Accessed April 1, 2023. https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/mygrandmotherslingo\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Sailer, Michael, and Lisa Homner. “The gamification of learning: A meta-analysis.”\u00a0Educational Psychology Review,<\/i> 32, no 1. (2020): 77-112. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10648-019-09498-w<\/a><\/p>\n

Sun, Bowen. \u201cGamification Storytelling: what and how?\u201d Medium<\/em>. April 12, 2023. https:\/\/medium.com\/dislab\/gamified-storytelling-what-and-how-through-a-case-study-of-inside-the-haiti-earthquake-project-722e879f1298<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Explore how a gamification for learning experience in one online course fostered empathy and communication skills. I\u2019m not a gamer, but I have always been curious and intrigued by the possibilities of gamification for learning or games-based learning. In this blog, I share what a gamification for learning experience taught me about the power of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,34,33],"tags":[6,70,10,35],"ppma_author":[56],"class_list":["post-408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pedagogy-and-andragogy","category-reflective-practice","category-scholarship-of-teaching-and-learning","tag-course-design","tag-gamification","tag-learner-experience","tag-reflection"],"yoast_head":"\nA Non-Gamer's Guide to Gamification Learning - The Teaching Innovation Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore how a gamification for learning experience in one online course fostered empathy and communication skills.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Non-Gamer's Guide to Gamification Learning - The Teaching Innovation Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Explore how a gamification for learning experience in one online course fostered empathy and communication skills.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Teaching Innovation Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-28T11:30:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.blogs.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/06\/26135849\/GamificationFeatImg.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cheri Madewell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cheri Madewell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cheri Madewell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9783dd2c855949f621f782dfc41bd000\"},\"headline\":\"A Non-Gamer’s Guide to Gamification Learning\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-28T11:30:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":651,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/34\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/26135849\\\/GamificationFeatImg.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Course Design\",\"Gamification\",\"Learner Experience\",\"Reflection\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Pedagogy and Andragogy\",\"Reflective Practice\",\"Scholarship of Teaching and Learning\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Non-Gamer's Guide to Gamification Learning - The Teaching Innovation Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/34\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/26135849\\\/GamificationFeatImg.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-28T11:30:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9783dd2c855949f621f782dfc41bd000\"},\"description\":\"Explore how a gamification for learning experience in one online course fostered empathy and communication skills.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/34\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/26135849\\\/GamificationFeatImg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/34\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/26135849\\\/GamificationFeatImg.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/28\\\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Non-Gamer’s Guide to Gamification Learning\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Teaching Innovation Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9783dd2c855949f621f782dfc41bd000\",\"name\":\"Cheri Madewell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fbbb29a65f86f2ff377285d006470a3f1e911f0f39ea954c0540fd677d3b3155?s=96&d=mm&r=g14758e409754e12704f2b91cc0af78f7\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fbbb29a65f86f2ff377285d006470a3f1e911f0f39ea954c0540fd677d3b3155?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fbbb29a65f86f2ff377285d006470a3f1e911f0f39ea954c0540fd677d3b3155?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cheri Madewell\"},\"description\":\"Cheri is the director of instructional consultation on the Teaching Innovation Team. Prior to joining the Division of Online and Strategic Learning, she was a faculty member for the Ball State Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Program. Cheri\u2019s background is in instructional design and technologies and leading international gender and LGBTQ grant projects.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/thetravelingprofessor.org\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/cherimadewell\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/teaching-innovation\\\/author\\\/clellefson\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Non-Gamer's Guide to Gamification Learning - The Teaching Innovation Blog","description":"Explore how a gamification for learning experience in one online course fostered empathy and communication skills.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Non-Gamer's Guide to Gamification Learning - The Teaching Innovation Blog","og_description":"Explore how a gamification for learning experience in one online course fostered empathy and communication skills.","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/","og_site_name":"The Teaching Innovation Blog","article_published_time":"2023-06-28T11:30:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/assets.blogs.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/06\/26135849\/GamificationFeatImg.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Cheri Madewell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cheri Madewell","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/"},"author":{"name":"Cheri Madewell","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/#\/schema\/person\/9783dd2c855949f621f782dfc41bd000"},"headline":"A Non-Gamer’s Guide to Gamification Learning","datePublished":"2023-06-28T11:30:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/"},"wordCount":651,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/06\/26135849\/GamificationFeatImg.png","keywords":["Course Design","Gamification","Learner Experience","Reflection"],"articleSection":["Pedagogy and Andragogy","Reflective Practice","Scholarship of Teaching and Learning"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/","name":"A Non-Gamer's Guide to Gamification Learning - The Teaching Innovation Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/06\/26135849\/GamificationFeatImg.png","datePublished":"2023-06-28T11:30:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/#\/schema\/person\/9783dd2c855949f621f782dfc41bd000"},"description":"Explore how a gamification for learning experience in one online course fostered empathy and communication skills.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/06\/26135849\/GamificationFeatImg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/06\/26135849\/GamificationFeatImg.png","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/06\/28\/a-non-gamers-guide-to-gamification-learning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Non-Gamer’s Guide to Gamification Learning"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/","name":"The Teaching Innovation Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/#\/schema\/person\/9783dd2c855949f621f782dfc41bd000","name":"Cheri Madewell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbbb29a65f86f2ff377285d006470a3f1e911f0f39ea954c0540fd677d3b3155?s=96&d=mm&r=g14758e409754e12704f2b91cc0af78f7","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbbb29a65f86f2ff377285d006470a3f1e911f0f39ea954c0540fd677d3b3155?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbbb29a65f86f2ff377285d006470a3f1e911f0f39ea954c0540fd677d3b3155?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cheri Madewell"},"description":"Cheri is the director of instructional consultation on the Teaching Innovation Team. Prior to joining the Division of Online and Strategic Learning, she was a faculty member for the Ball State Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Program. Cheri\u2019s background is in instructional design and technologies and leading international gender and LGBTQ grant projects.","sameAs":["http:\/\/thetravelingprofessor.org","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cherimadewell\/"],"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/author\/clellefson\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/06\/26135849\/GamificationFeatImg.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":564,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/11\/01\/gamify-your-course-twine\/","url_meta":{"origin":408,"position":0},"title":"Gamify Your Course with Twine","author":"Shane Lanning (they\/them)","date":"November 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Learn how you can utilize Twine to create interactive, gamified course materials. As faculty consider strategies for increasing student enthusiasm for learning, many are turning to gamification. For a lot of us, this has taken on a few different forms. We have either assigned an existing game for students to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Instructional Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Instructional Technology","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/category\/instructional-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/30095110\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash_edited-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/30095110\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash_edited-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/30095110\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash_edited-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/30095110\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash_edited-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/30095110\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash_edited-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/30095110\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash_edited-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":314,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/02\/15\/teaching-and-technology-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":408,"position":1},"title":"Teaching and Technology 2023","author":"Dan Jones","date":"February 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Learn more about the topics of the upcoming Teaching and Technology Summit and how to register for it.\u00a0\u00a0 What does it mean to use technology effectively in the classroom? This is a question our team continually reflects on in our work. We want to support faculty in identifying and using\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Instructional Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Instructional Technology","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/category\/instructional-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/02\/13103552\/jeshoots-com-pUAM5hPaCRI-unsplash.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/02\/13103552\/jeshoots-com-pUAM5hPaCRI-unsplash.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/02\/13103552\/jeshoots-com-pUAM5hPaCRI-unsplash.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/02\/13103552\/jeshoots-com-pUAM5hPaCRI-unsplash.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/02\/13103552\/jeshoots-com-pUAM5hPaCRI-unsplash.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":914,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2025\/01\/22\/teaching-and-technology-summit-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":408,"position":2},"title":"Teaching and Technology Summit 2025\u00a0","author":"John Carter","date":"January 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This blog is the first in our Summit series. Stay tuned next week to learn more about the virtual Ball State Provost Summit, February 6 and 7, 2025. Are you innovating with teaching and technology? Consider presenting at the fourth annual virtual 2025 Teaching and Technology Summit, hosted March 20\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Instructional Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Instructional Technology","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/category\/instructional-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/01\/21102853\/Teaching-and-Technology-Summit-2025.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/01\/21102853\/Teaching-and-Technology-Summit-2025.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/01\/21102853\/Teaching-and-Technology-Summit-2025.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/01\/21102853\/Teaching-and-Technology-Summit-2025.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":589,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/11\/15\/coyote-time-games-teach-forgiveness-learning\/","url_meta":{"origin":408,"position":3},"title":"Coyote Time: What Games Can Teach Us About Forgiveness in Learning\u00a0","author":"Eva Grouling Snider","date":"November 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Video games often strike a balance between challenging players and forgiving them for not being perfect. How might forgiveness in games lead us to new insights about learning design?\u00a0 In platform video games \u2013 from the original Super Mario Bros. (1985) to more modern platformers like Celeste (2018) \u2013 you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Pedagogy and Andragogy"","block_context":{"text":"Pedagogy and Andragogy","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/category\/pedagogy-and-andragogy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/11\/13134621\/23_MC-48424_2149.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/11\/13134621\/23_MC-48424_2149.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/11\/13134621\/23_MC-48424_2149.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/11\/13134621\/23_MC-48424_2149.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":272,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2023\/02\/01\/what-we-can-learn-from-the-learning-styles-myth\/","url_meta":{"origin":408,"position":4},"title":"What We Can Learn from the Learning Styles Myth","author":"Eva Grouling Snider","date":"February 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Learning styles are a myth \u2013 the research is conclusive. What can we take away from this myth, though? What, if anything, can be salvaged from learning styles theory and its relation to empirically-backed learning theories? I have a confession to make. Until recently, I believed in learning styles. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Pedagogy and Andragogy"","block_context":{"text":"Pedagogy and Andragogy","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/category\/pedagogy-and-andragogy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/01\/30095616\/FeaturedImage_LearningStylesMyth.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/01\/30095616\/FeaturedImage_LearningStylesMyth.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/01\/30095616\/FeaturedImage_LearningStylesMyth.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/01\/30095616\/FeaturedImage_LearningStylesMyth.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/01\/30095616\/FeaturedImage_LearningStylesMyth.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":688,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2024\/02\/21\/guideposts-not-guardrails-the-role-of-learning-objectives\/","url_meta":{"origin":408,"position":5},"title":"Guideposts, Not Guardrails: The Role of Learning Objectives","author":"Eva Grouling Snider","date":"February 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"If you\u2019re frustrated by the restrictions that learning objectives place on your course, read this meditation on how objectives can open possibility, rather than closing it down. Teaching is an act of navigating constraints and agency \u2013 and, incidentally, helping students navigate the same. Perhaps you must use a particular\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reflective Practice"","block_context":{"text":"Reflective Practice","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/category\/reflective-practice\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/19104537\/PXL_20230620_130608266_edited-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/19104537\/PXL_20230620_130608266_edited-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/19104537\/PXL_20230620_130608266_edited-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/19104537\/PXL_20230620_130608266_edited-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/19104537\/PXL_20230620_130608266_edited-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/19104537\/PXL_20230620_130608266_edited-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]}],"authors":[{"term_id":56,"user_id":184,"is_guest":0,"slug":"clellefson","display_name":"Cheri Madewell","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbbb29a65f86f2ff377285d006470a3f1e911f0f39ea954c0540fd677d3b3155?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}