39 Education Gamification and Game Design with Keegan Long-Wheeler

Keegan Long-Wheeler discusses how gamification plays a role in medical education and the future of game design. 

Keegan Long-Wheeler is an Educational Technologist Office of Digital Learning at the University of Oklahoma. He has been a creative developer in gamified educational materials and game design for many years. In this episode, we are going to discuss how gamification plays a role in education and where the future of game design may be going for medical and other academic environments. 

Introduction 

4:43 How Students Learn with an Online Educational Environment & Game Design 

8:20 Open-source Game-based Learning: Games Offer Bold Learning Insights Nowadays (GOBLIN) and eXperience Play 

15:05 Autonomy Over One’s Education with Game-based Design 

17:20 Team-based Activities & Educational Collaboration Through Gamifying Medical School 

21:00 Using Tokens and Rewards to Encourage Student Participation 

Contact Keegan via Twitter for more details. Also, please visit his website and explore his other recommended resources below! 

Resources  

• What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy 
• Keegan’s Website 
• Goblin Home Page 
• Goblin Download Pack 
• eXperience Play Home Page 
• Twine 
• Habatica 

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