tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post959384000658040490..comments2023-03-21T07:51:46.063-04:00Comments on BYOD, ASAP: Keeping them MotivatedHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13987609384790057309noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post-77357258123679292702013-10-16T09:06:00.351-04:002013-10-16T09:06:00.351-04:00This is the fear of every teacher who is afraid of...This is the fear of every teacher who is afraid of student directed learning. The students are not getting the work finished, at least in class. Do we introduce competition as Hayley suggests, or my first thought was to scare them with a quiz or something. However, I see you have the line suggesting the students should know where they should be in their studies. <br /><br />I wonder though, are they motivated to learn the course material. Being required to take a course is not the same as choosing to learn about a subject. Can you somehow make the material personally motivating for the students?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post-51747676806030423692013-10-09T16:59:50.189-04:002013-10-09T16:59:50.189-04:00I've recently been discussing leaderboards (i....I've recently been discussing leaderboards (i.e. method of comparing) with a colleague. In a first year UG module of around 100 students, they will be taking weekly quizzes based on the lecture material. Of course the main point of this is to assess learning, figure out areas where majority are struggling etc. However she decided to produce a leaderboard to be updated each week. (It's theoretically anonymous as student number, not name is used). Apparently within an hour of the first leaderboard being shared 20 people had logged in to check out where they stood. not bad at all! I think that competition can definitely be motivating, but I guess you need to consider whether or not intrinsic or extrinsic motivations will be most effective. And of course you would also need to consider how it could de-motivate some students too. I'd recommend reading the Kevin Werbach book 'for the win'. Even if you're not particularly interested in the concept of gamification there is some good work on motivation in there that I found interesting. Hayleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00277122113005782605noreply@blogger.com