Journal of Accountancy Podcast The value of gamifying CPE learning
Nov 12, 2020
18:12
Kelly Richmond Pope, CPA, CGMA, Ph.D., is an accountant and a professor. She’s also a storyteller and TEDx speaker. Keeping people engaged is a better way to educate, said Pope, an associate professor at DePaul University’s School of Accountancy and MIS in Chicago. In this episode, Pope discusses another way to keep learners engaged: gamification. Turning learning into a game helps with the recall and understanding of new concepts, whether in a college classroom or continuing professional education for accountants.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
- Examples of gamification that are already part of our daily lives.
- How learning to drive a stick-shift car applies to gamification.
- Why gamification is not just for younger generations.
- How COVID-19 has disrupted traditional CPE and how virtual meetings could be better for learning in some cases.
- How a speaker’s style can help maximize learning through PowerPoint slide presentations.
- The ways organizations can gamify CPE-worthy content such as podcasts or TED Talks.