My Giant Leap to “GBL”
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Let’s Game!
I registered Dr. Danielle Oprean’s Designing Games for Learning in the Fall semester of 2023, the first year of my Ph.D. program at the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies in the University of Missouri. Dr. Oprean is my gaming guide and Arch McGee is my personal advocate.
In my previous learning and working experience, I had a limited understanding of the relationships between games and learning. This is my first formal chance to learn games very seriously since “games” in my mind is the opposite word of “learning.” I will record my takeaways from the course and show my learning progression for the coming months. This course opened a brand-new door for me to Game-based Learning (GBL). To most of my classmates, it might be a small step, but to me, it is my giant leap to GBL.
During this journey, I will broaden and enhance my knowledge and competencies of GBL with conducting rotational practices:
Reading/Play (Play)
Knowledge Challenges (Analyze)
Discussion Board (Commune)
Practice Assignments (Adapt)
Blog Posts (Design)
Level Assignments (Create)
