Microtalk Information
| Title | Breaking free of the gamification Matrix with a pedagogy red-pill |
| Presenter(s) | James York |
| Session | Gamification |
| Time | Thursday, October 13, 1:00p-2:00p |
| Location | Lake Ontario |
| Format | Microtalk |
| Description | I will examine gamification and game-based learning and their implications for classroom practise through the lens of The Matrix movies, elucidating the many layers of control that both students and teachers find themselves "trapped" within.
Gamification is considered an oppressive, virtual structure of control that has tricked teachers and their students into compliance. However, upon successfully "redpilling" teachers out of this layer of control and into the "desert of the real," we find that GBL alone is not a cure to gamification nor is it a panacea for creating meaningful classroom experiences. And so I offer a pedagogy red-pill, inviting teachers to find their freedom to play and be "ludic" (read: playful) in their teaching contexts. Finally, I will present low-tech, sustainable, practical ideas for teaching with games in order to start teachers, researchers, and game designers thinking about where we go from here. Don't trick. Be ludic. |