The Power of Gamification in Education | Scott Hebert | TEDxUAlberta

[ljohnston]

This is my science teacher he is awesome this needs more attention

[moaazalsayed]

I think this video deserves over 1B views.
This is what we all are suffering from as a students and teachers as well.
The process of designing the game for an educational purposes is what we need to be acknowledge with.

[l.t]

I literally started crying when I saw this Video. I hated school since and now i started by coincidence to work as teacher myself, and I hate the while structure of it. I now start to study UI/ Gamedesign to do Games for educational purposes I hope it will work out :) Safe the Youth from dying of boredom!

[vieve]

With the closure of schools in Trinidad and Tobago due to the pandemic, it's been extremely difficult to keep my 10 year old son engaged in learning. He'd rather play video games all day and has no interest in online school. I've been living a life of absolute frustration for the last 5 months and so I've decided to do some research on the teaching methodology of gamification. This topic is not even being discussed in my country. This video was extremely helpful and has stirred up an interest in alternative form of education for my son.

[ldt]

1:25 Can you change education at the core
2:10 should be ... playing with friends, digging in sandboxes
4:08 Película "Día de la Marmota" (Groundhog Day)
4:41 Como educador...
6:46 Brene Brown
6:50 "if we want to reignite innovation and passion, we have to humanize work". (BB)
8:40 Un problema grande en educación
9:02 "Anything that is routine or repetitive will be automated" - Minouche Shafik
9:20 Pensamiento crítico
9:37 El juego es muy fundamental para mi

[kerenkezziahblanza]

This TEDx aroused my curiosity to learn more about gamification. I've been watching TedTalks for some time now but your message, Mr. Hebert, really got me thinking hard. Your talk profoundly inspired me to be an innovative teacher. Your passion and brilliance just struck me real hard! I admire you. I wish I could one day be as passionate and sensational a speaker, teacher, and innovator as you. Love lots from the Philippines.

P.S. I'm planning to focus on gamification in language learning for my Master's thesis.

[stefanielorimer]

ok, you had me until 13:30 - what you call ""rote memorisation" (which is really the mastery of material) is not useless, it is the foundation for creativity. I completely agree that one of the best ways to master 'rote' facts is through gaming, however.

[FeelingTragic]

I'm late to the party, but! If there's one thing I remember from school it's the paralyzing fear of making a mistake because it could cost you your grade. But making mistakes is how we learn; understanding concepts should not be bound to a timeframe. I truly believe the grading system makes students too afraid to take risks, make choices and learn from those which most likely stunts their learning. I hope things change drastically soon.

[nurulhasan]

So inspiring, captivating, and knocking the door of my ego as a teacher. I need a real resolution in my classroom so as to educate for real the students. Gonna try this. Thanks for your motivational speech, brother.

[simonlindermeier]

What a lovely guy, and yet people hate on him... Legend <3

[UdabaeTheCool]

Completely agreed. It almost seems like a process of sorting out good and bad apples. If the purpose of education is to make students learn, it should give them any chance to feedback themselves. Meaning failing guaranteed! Not just fixate their grade permanently and make them stigmatized by it.
I'm currently studying game design and game narrative, and so eager to apply all these to education by gamification. I'm with you, Scott.

[LemmingAttack]

Oh man, I'm working on a Gamification workshop right now, and I'm so glad you used that quote at the end of your talk, because I was thinking of using it to close my workshop too. You've emboldened me, sir! Thank you!

[anverlayshev]

This is really one of THE coolest Gamification talks! 752 likes only... Why?

[gordonmosher]

Some really good stuff here. We still need the sit down learning for foundational stuff - it's hard to be a creative engineer if we haven't learned algebra. The same applies in the arts - it's hard to do jazz improvisation if we haven't learned our scales. There is a big place for games and experimentation where we apply the foundational learning. This is really important in today's workplace. I fully agree that schools could do a better job of teaching creative application. This is starting to change: my son went to a grade 8 class last year where 50% of the learning was in-class foundational and 50% was application. The trick to that was the students needed to be hyper-motivated as they needed to learn the full day's curriculum in the 1/2 day so they could use the rest of the day for creative application. He loved it. He's also willing to spend 1+ hours each evening doing homework that either the teacher, or his parents, gave him. There's no free lunch - all of us will get more out of something we put more into.

[rodrigop.feliciano]

Wish all curriculum designers, teachers, school administrators, members of school boards, and local, state, and federal officials hear and heed the recommendations in Mr. Herbert's talk.

We also need the most creative game designers and entrepreneurs to help in creating the educational materials for the students of today.

[benjaminnossin]

Hey, actualling learing game design, art and programming at Rubika Supinfogame (France). Just wanted to tell you that this video is one of many about education and games that captivated me. Gamification is a really important aspect of modern times, a subject both full of dangers and great achievements, and poorly designed applications of game concepts into real life can lead to very delicate situations. But I do believe the opposite is true too, and you are a proof of it. I am actually working on this topic with my class, and know that you have at least one future game designer that will do his best to fill the gap between learning and game design.
I hope my english is not too bad !

Benjamin

[jobhihoga]

"it is ok" exactly the words I wanted to hear from my teacher, never heard though. But now I understand, teachers also need to hear these, from the parents, from the school administration, from the society when they fail to keep up with the performance goals. Ain't they? We need to take it easy on each other, and understand that greater good only comes when we trust each other.

[amarie]

I clapped my hands at the end, sitting here at my desk that I hate having to use!

[amphoron]

Many people in the comments seem really keen on learning more about this topic. Therefore, I would like to recommend those who are interested to take a look at Quest to Learn. It's a school that tries to teach students through a game-based approach, directed by a team of educators and professional game developers. Together, the team tries to incorporate the power of play into education to make learning more fun. While the school is still far from perfect and has issues like many other schools, I think it is a great starting point and a fantastic example of how we can use our understanding of games to create a more engaging learning environment.

[redsox]

I need examples of gamification that are not loaded with too many incentives, rewards, badges. I want to know that there is intrinsic motivation and interest on the student's part. You mentioned Daniel Pink. He talks about the importance of the activity itself being the reward, v the extrinsic rewards for doing it.