GWC14: Thijs de Vries - "Playful learning: How to intrinsically motivate students?"

Playful learning

Thijs de Vries - GWC ‘14 @thijsdevries

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What is playful learning?

Playful?

Learning?

Christopher Niemiec & Richard Ryan

“Students tend to learn better and are more creative when intrinsically motivated.”

Autonomy, competence and relatedness in the classroom (2009)

Playing as children

Free space to play

Getting better at something

Creating meaningful stories

Free space to play

Getting better at something

Creating meaningful stories

Free space to play

Creating meaningful stories

Getting better at something

Daniel Pink

“If you want to intrinsically motivate people, you need autonomy, mastery and purpose.”

Drive (2011)

When dœs learning become playful?

Autonomy MeaningMastery

When dœs learning become playful?

Autonomy

Autonomy

Extrinsic control

Intrinsic control

Structure No structure

Autonomy

Extrinsic control

Intrinsic control

Structure No structure

Autonomy

Extrinsic control

Intrinsic control

Structure No structure

Exams

Grades Mentors

Electives

Learning goals

Mastery

Long-term goal

Medium-term goal

Short-term goal

Skills / Time

Difficulty

Skills / Time

Difficulty

Skills / Time

Difficulty

Skills / Time

Difficulty

Skills / Time

Difficulty

Skills / Time

Flow

Boredom

Aversion

Difficulty

Long-term goal

Medium-term goal

Short-term goal

Skills / Time

Boredom

Aversion

Difficulty

Long-term goal

Medium-term goal

Short-term goal

Skills / Time

Boredom

Aversion

Difficulty

Small targets leading to big goals

Finding the right challenge for each student

Meaning

human-like positive feedback

social connections

add (fictional) meaning

You learn better when intrinsically motivated

Offer choice for the feeling control

Offer the right challenge

Create meaningful context

Learning = playful

@thijsdevries [email protected]

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