LWF11 - Derek Robertson

Games Based Learning

What can we learn from games? Games profiles - assessment for learning in action!

Do we always have to intervene? Can we leave children to get on with it? Is peer assessment a more natural way to go with games based learning?

Promoting learner engagement:

• Involvement in reflection, setting goals;
• personal learning planning;
• ongoing active engagement;
• assessment is embedded in the game;
• nurtures confidence;
• encourages mastery learning;
• automatic and dynamic profiling;
• celebrating success
  

Games celebrate achievement - give awards and unlock new levels. How could this type of feedback be built into education.