Gamifying a University Level GIS Course

Michael N. DeMersNMSU Geography

What Some Think is Online Teaching

What is QBL?

The Existing Course

Reward

Grade Apathy

No mountain seems too high when you don’t care to climb it.

GIS CAREER CHOICES

100% (starting point) - A

0% - F

5000 points (for an A)

Life-long Learning

0 points

Traditional Grading Quest-Based Grading

SUBTRACTIVE

ADDITIVE

REWARDS

LEVELING UP

LEVELING UP

You Like Badgets

BADGES

Leaderboards

The Leaderboard

Class Monitoring

Scapple

RANKS

QUESTS

QUESTS

QUESTS