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Mystakidis, Stylianos and Herodotou, Christothea (2016). OpenQuest: Designing a Motivational Frameworkfor MOOCs Instruction. In: MOOCs in Europe, European Commission, Maastricht, pp. 141–145.

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OpenQuestDes ign ing a Mot iva t iona l F ramework

for MOOCs Ins t ruc t ion

Stylianos Mystakidis, University of Patras & JyväskyläChristothea Herodotou, The Open University

HOME MOOC Conference, 30/11/2015, Rome Italy

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Winter is here

MOOCsare here

In Higher Education…

We are all white walkers

Aim

To develop a framework -OpenQuestFramework- which will potentially tackle the need for motivating learners towards MOOC completion and contribute to the affective realm of course design.

Developing OpenQuest Framework

OpenQuest Underpinnings

Self-Determination Theory

Flow Theory

Gameful Design

OpenQuest Framework 1/3: Quests

1. MOOC as Adventure Space with Learning Activities as interconnected Quests

• Why? Effective for learning performance,persistence, engagement

• Quests can be arranged in the form of aStory/Narrative where learners’ decisionsand performance determine the story

• Quests can be linked with other gamemechanics such as levels and badges

OpenQuest Framework 2/3

2. Reputation Systems (e.g. Badges, scores, levels)

• Why? Reinforcing participation and the creation of a community of learners

3. Adaptable Leaderboards (comparing with meaningfully-related others, e.g. teammates)

• Why? Increases intrinsic motivation

OpenQuest Framework 3/3

4. Collaborative mechanisms• Why? Motivational cornerstone of successful

MMOs for playing persistence• Responsibility towards team members5. Sophisticated User Feedback through Timed

Triggers and unexpected Rewards• Why? Reinforcement of learners participation

OpenQuest Learning Path

You KnoW somethingjon snow

Stylianos MystakidisChristothea Herodotou

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