Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Sherriff, University of Virginia; Mark Floryan, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

unfamiliarwith fantasy role-playing games.Much like GamerCard, the gamification in these classes included both quests and experiencepoints, but narrative was also a major factor for Toth and Kayler’s system. The need for anengaging narrative is grounded in the level of immersion needed to keep the role-playingmeaningful. Since GamerCard does not focus on role-playing, the quests are not ascontextualized. One might argue that such narrative is effective, but would make a system moredifficult to incorporate into a variety of courses, as extraneous effort would be demanded of theinstructor to come up with activities relevant to the existing syllabus.2.3 Gamification of Game DesignOther universities are trying out similar gamification strategies. O’Donovan

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jason Freeman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian Magerko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tom McKlin, SageFox Consulting Group; Anna Xambo, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

statistically significantly increased across all constructs in our StudentEngagement survey, which included constructs such as computing confidence, computingenjoyment, computing perceived usefulness, motivation to succeed in computing, identity andbelonging in computing, and intention to persist. In addition, students showed statisticallysignificant gains from pre to post testing on a content knowledge assessment targeting computerprogramming (not specific to EarSketch). More results will be included in future publications.Claims about EarSketch and its effectiveness in various capacities will be strengthened as morehigh schools are added to the study over the next two years.MOOC: EarSketch has been offered as part of a massive open online course