Techniques of Teaching
Should a class start exactly on time, even if attendance is low? This is a dilemma many trainers and educators face. While punctuality is a professional expectation, effective teaching requires a flexible approach. Let's explore the best strategy for starting class under different circumstances. Having worked as a
The Art of Gmaified Teaching
In my previous explanation of gamifying teaching through competition rules, I used my typical one-day teaching version in a listed company as an example. However, when it comes to a whole semester course spanning 18 weeks in a school setting, how should it be approached? In fact, the pace of
The Art of Gmaified Teaching
Upon seeing the words in the title, such as "gamification in teaching," "game-based learning," and "educational game software"… I'm not here to play tongue twisters or games with everyone. In the following article, I will clarify these terms. The reason I want
The Art of Gmaified Teaching
Many teachers, when learning teaching techniques, encounter their first obstacle: "It's useless! They don't participate in the teaching activities I design!" "Whenever I ask the students anything, they don't move and just silently watch me." "Group discussions? They don&
The Art of Gmaified Teaching
Let's start with a guessing game: Over the past two years, nearly 40 teachers who have implemented gamification in their classrooms participated in research interviews with me. Spanning across different teaching topics and student demographics, they unanimously agreed that the most important aspect of gamification in teaching is
The Art of Gmaified Teaching
Delivering a speech to recently announced high school students, who are still dealing with the emotions of their college entrance exam results, presents a significant challenge. How can we quickly deliver a speech that not only provides reassurance but also inspires them? As someone who usually delivers speech to adult
The Art of Gmaified Teaching
The three essential elements of gamified teaching are: Points, Benefits, and Leader Boards. We have already discussed how to plan the points mechanism, encouraging teams through scoring and differentiating scores throughout the process, and linking it to the reward system. In this final article on gamified teaching, let's
The Art of Gmaified Teaching
In the previous article, we discussed the three core elements of gamifying education: Points, Benefits, and Leaderboards, abbreviated as PBL. Interestingly, another application of PBL in education is Problem-Based Learning, which is frequently mentioned in educational research and widely used in case-based teaching, business management, medical education, and other related
The Art of Gmaified Teaching
Applying the core elements of games in non-gaming environments is what we call "gamification" (Deterding, Khaled, Nacke, & Dixon, 2011; Huotari & Hamari, 2012… Yes, I really do read!). Therefore, gamification is not a game, it's not computer-aided instruction, and it's not so-called situational
Techniques of Teaching
update: 2025/3/3 Last month in the "Professional Presentation Skills" course, Joe, who is of an introverted nature but often needs to present in front of others, also enrolled in this course. After the course ended, he wrote me a lengthy letter, discussing not only his learning