Ghazala Bilquise

It was interesting to read how the psychology and mechanics of gaming could be applied to the learning process to engage the students and create a rich learning experience.  Initially when I read the title of the report I assumed gamification meant to add more activities and games in the learning activities. But this is exactly what it is NOT! It's about understanding the mechanics of gaming that keep the users engaged and translating those design mechanics to the teaching and learning process. What a brilliant idea!   Although I'm not a serious gamer, over the years i've played several games that have completely hooked me so I can totally relate to many concepts being explained in the article such as the the thrill of mastering a level in a game or anticipation of reaching the next level and encountering new challenges. I particularly liked the idea of the flow channel. This means that learning should be designed in such a way that it's incremental and allow stude...

The two articles I read for this task were Design Principles for mobile learning and Chapter 6: incorporating mobile technologies within constructivist-based curriculum resources. I found the articles very insightful. In consideration for the use or application of various design principles for mobile learning to my own learning activities, I realized a few things: From table1 summary of substantive and procedural elements of projects in chapter 1 as well as from chapter6 , it was clear that most of the research that was done with mobile technologies involved the use of the camera and recorder in these devices for the purpose of capturing images, audio or video for a digital story, creating how to videos, recording interviews etc . This made perfect sense because this is what we do in reality as well. Despite the fact that we may have expensive high tech digital cameras or handy cams, when it comes down to taking pictures on occasions, we find ourselves using our mobile phone...