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The MOOCs! Ours at least GAMES MOOC! These were awarded to participants in GAMES II. The awardees chosen by the GAMES MOOC participants with a few special awards from the Guild Officers.

Those awarded the Brave Beginner Badge have: * Participated in online discussions and media sharing in the Games Based Learning MOOC. * Demonstrated basic knowledge of games based learning at the Contribution level of the Social Knowledge Network Construction Matrix. * Created a 5 minute narrated, educational screencapture of gameplay. * Created an e-portfolio that curates their work done for the Brave Beginner Badge.

Networked Educator Badge by Center4EduPunx, on Flickr The Networked Educator is based on documented demonstration of social network knowledge construction. The badge bearer will have demonstrated the ability to identify new information networks, analyze and aggregate information, and curate the knowledge being produced by the community both synchronously and asynchronously.

Games Based Learning Badge Games Based Learning Badge is the foundational badge in the Games Based Learning collection. Games Based Learning Badge by Center4EduPunx, on Flickr Badge Purpose: What does having been awarded this badge (or badges within this collection) signify? (What knowledge, skills, dispositions, or experiences does the badge indicate the bearer has achieved?)

Welcome to the first week! As you can see we are using a gaming guild site for this course but there may be some learning related features you find familiar. Here's an orientation to the site video by Brandon.

Four videos of people discussing games for learning, education, and changing the world. Speakers include Katie Salen, James Paul Gee, Daphne Bavelier, and Jayne McGonigal.

"To celebrate this year's Keep Toronto Reading One Book selection, "Fahrenheit 451," the library is launching KTR 451, our first alternate reality game (ARG)."

Using an experience point system instead of a grading system. While the numbers are similar, the execution is different. Students start with 0 points and work their way up in an XP system, rewarding knowledge and skills gained. This is different from a typical grading system, which assumes you have an A at the beginning and removes points for every failure. Two totally different ways at looking at how to quantify student learning.

"Best selling games use emotion from four types of interactions to capture attention and motivate play."