learning2gether meets moodle mooc 7, evo, and gamification in tpd

LEARNING2GETHER MEETS MOODLE MOOC 7, EVO, AND GAMIFICATION IN TPD

Vance StevensEFL Teacher at HCT, CERT/ KBZAC, Al Ain UAE, andCoordination or Webheads in Action and Learning2getherand EVO Minecraft MOOC co-moderator

Presented at the 7th Moodle MOOC Online ConferenceSunday Nov 15, 2015

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This presentation is about

1. Overlapping communities

of practice

– Learning2gether

– Moodle MOOC

– Electronic Village

Online

2. Approaches to knowledge

transferal and generation

– e.g. cMOOCs / xMOOCs

– Hybrid approaches

– Where one approach or

another works best

3. cMOOCs in EVO

– Webheads in Action

– MultiMOOC

– Minecraft MOOC

4. Applying the cMOOC

approach to gamification

– Creativity

– Collaboration

– Survival

5. Meet the EVOMC16

team and welcome to

EVO 2016 this coming

January and February

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

Learning2gether, Episode 303■ Episode 300 was about #EVOMC16, at SLanguages 2015

http://learning2gether.net

http://learning2gether.net/2015/11/15/minecraft-mooc-rocks-slanguages-2015/

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

Learning2gether archive■ All episodes since 2009 are at

http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/archiveindex

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

7th Moodle MOOC■ Wow! YouTube playlist of all presentations in November 2015

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8JUcjyABKxnUx16x

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Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

Electronic Village Online (EVO)

■ Every year Jan-Feb

■ Since 2001

■ http://evosessions.pbworks.com

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

Approaches to learning in EVO■ Approaches can be framed in spectrum from cMOOC to xMOOC

http://learning2gether.net/2015/11/19/the-annual-global-

education-conference-why-online-teacher-trainers-should-know-

about-cmoocs/

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

Examples of xMOOC approach■ http://www.slideshare.net/vances/why-online-teacher-

trainers-should-know-about-cmoocs

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

Siemens on cMOOCs vs xMOOCs■ http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2012/07/25/moocs-are-

really-a-platform/

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

Lying between cMOOC -> xMOOC■ Shaping the way we Teach English

https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping1landscape

– Has a syllabus with set tasks and objectives

– Utilize mentors and tutors in an online community

Recording:

https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=75&psid=2015-11-

17.0627.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr

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Why cMOOC to learn a language or about Gamification?

■ http://learning2gether.net/2013/01/20/dave-cormier-

discusses-cmooc-and-multimooc-co/

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

What do cMOOCs address?■ http://www.slideshare.net/vances/plenary-ahmedabad2014

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

cMOOCs in EVO■ Webheads in Action 2002

http://vancestevens.com/papers/evonline2002/webheads_e

vo.htm

■ Writing for Webheads

http://prosites-vstevens.homestead.com/files/efi/webheads.htm

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

cMOOCs in EVO■ From Multiliteracies to MultiMOOC

http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com/

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

cMOOCs in EVO

■ EVOMC16 Google+ Community

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/1129936497633

96826671

EVO Minecraft MOOC 2016

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Understanding Gamification is complex■ Has to be

experienced to be understood

■ Syllabus pitched at learners who gravitate to a learning experience

– where we define our own outcomes

– find our own path to those outcome

■ The collective steers the syllabus, as happens in games

http://youtu.be/CKZStp3-30g?a

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

EVOMC16 models for students and teacher trainers■ Guides must be themselves

experienced in connecting

through networks in

innovatively oriented spaces

■ Who can guide teachers in

this kind of learning?

■ Minecraft as a model for

gamified learning, helps

participants

1. Find a community

2. Gain experience

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

Challenge #1 in Minecraft:Finding a community■ The first challenge

for adults interested

in Minecraft

is finding a

community that can

help you

– Most

communities for

Minecraft

involve school

children

― Security: Teachers wary of potential predators

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

The EVO Minecraft MOOC solution

■ Start our own community

■ Invite educators to learn the game by being in the game

■ Don’t let lack of expertise deter you

■ Experts will emerge

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

Challenge #2 in Minecraft:Gain experience■ The second challenge is creating / finding a space to

engage friends and colleagues in constructive play

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

What do we learn about gamification?

■ Create

■ Collaborate

■ Survive

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

Creativity

■ Filip (age 11) built a McDonald’s

■ Carlos (age 12) built a tower with an elevator

■ Jeff contributed the castle

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

Jeff Kuhn and Aaron Schwartz’s explosive trap play

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at

MM7 2015

Don’t Push Button

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Collaboration through play■ Filip’s rabbits provided food

once we learned to craft bows and shoot arrows

■ In survival mode

– Survival possible due to Jeff’s shelters with signs on

them offering sanctuary

■ Playing with lighting

■ Jeff used beacons to

provide landmarks at

night

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

Survival■ Creative mode

– unlimited inventories

– unlimited time

– no sudden death

■ Survival mode

– This is where the game gets fun

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

NOW we understand how gamification works in learning

■ Survivor’s badge

■ Evidence from 2015

We learn about the game (of teacher professional development) by being in the game

Can be viewed openly: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bIrwrRqYdTjFTXbX7ZUrjQhwi6GZgJvYCMmzs

bm7DJ8/edit?usp=sharing

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Meet the EVOMC16 team■ Jeff Kuhn

http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume18/ej72/ej72int/

■ Marijana Smolčec

■ Filip Smolčechttp://www.tesl-

ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume18/ej70/ej70int/

http://learning2gether.net/2014/06/29/hangout-with-filip-and-marijana-smolcec-on-the-eu-llp-

comenius-project-and-learning-through-minecraft/Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

■ Bron Stuckey

■ Tamas Lorincz

Meet the EVOMC16 team

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPD at MM7 2015

■ Rose BardFocus on Learning: Reflective Learners & Feedback

■ Aaron Schwartz

■ Barbi Bujtas

Meet the EVOMC16 team

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Join us Jan 10-Feb 14, 2016■ This will appear in the Call for Participation

http://evosessions.pbworks.com

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Additional References

▪ Smolčec, M., Smolčec, F. and Stevens, V. (2014). Using Minecraft for Learning English. TESL-EJ, 18(2),1-15. Retrieved from http://www.tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej70/int.pdf.

▪ Kuhn, J. (2015). Meaningful Play – Making Professional Development Fun. TESL-EJ, 15(4),1-8. Retrieved from http://tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej72/int.pdf.

▪ A version of this project was originally presented as part of a panel discussion at TESOL 2015 Toronto http://tinyurl.com/vance2015pd

▪ And at the the XVII CALL Research Conference, a paper entitled Minecraft as a model for gamification in teacher traininghttp://learning2gether.net/2015/07/06/learning2gether-with-vance-stevens-about-minecraft-as-a-model-for-gamification-in-teacher-professional-development/

Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPB at MM7 2015

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Vance Stevens on Gamification in TPB at MM7 2015