Mageswaran Sanmugam

The impacts of infusing game elements and gamification in learning

With its interactive feature that infuses fun to motivate its users, games have been considered useful to engage the current batch of Generation Z students. With games based learning methods such as digital game based learning, serious games and more recently gamification. Yet, with the increasing tasks of teachers nowadays, the use of gamification; game elements in non-gaming context, has been gaining momentum. Although there has been research that has shown the effects of gamification on learning, the fundamental of game elements on learning via traditional and online method has been less ventured into. Thus, a mixed method research was carried out using a gamification platform as a mediator for students learning Science. The eight week gamified online intervention was carried out in tandem with the traditional classroom. The game elements used were points and badges whilst leaderboard was reflected on the amount of points and badges. The findings based on the interviews with the participants found all the elements plays a part in engaging the interest of students in learning, more so badges and leaderboard. It was also identified that certain elements are preferred to acquire either online or offline.

Enhancing Student's Higher Order Thinking Skills HOTS through the Socratic Method Approach with Technology

Technologies have a potential to make learning more dynamic and capable of going conventional learning limits. With the utilization of online technologies for example, students can interact with teachers and other students, regardless of time and distance. The learning process can likewise happen in synchronize or asynchronies. Meaningful interaction is required in the Socratic method of learning because this is the concept of learning through question after question to build knowledge. The dialog collaboration, inquiries are either verbal or non-verbal. So this is where online innovation comes into the picture and allows students to always dialogue with certain individuals to construct new knowledge. Next, by using the Socratic method of learning, the high level of thinking can be increased which is emphasized in the field of education in Malaysia nowadays. This paper will discuss previous studies about the potential of technology in Socratic Methods to improve students level of thinking.

Gamification's Role as a Learning and Assessment Tool in Education

Gamification is a new and upcoming trend that is predicted by many to further enhance the field of educational technology in the new millennium. The use of gamification has fared well in the corporate world and is gradually transcending into the educational arena. The usage of game elements such as points, badges and leader board can assist in keeping the students not only motivated but also engaged to the teaching and learning process in the school. As learning and assessment come hand in hand as a knowledge acquiring process in a classroom, therefore it should be identified whether or not gamification can be truly utilized in the form of a learning and assessment tool in the teaching and learning process. This paper will discuss about the repercussions of using gamification as a learning and assessment tool based on the review of several studies carried out in the field of gamification.