In Ep. 008 we take an introductory look at the idea of Gamification in education. Cameron interviews author, international speaker and founder of Gamification.co, Gabe Zichermann, about the value of games and game elements in education.

Links

• Gabe Zichermann on Twitter – @gzicherm
• GSummit Global – Sydney, December 5
• Gamification.co
• AISTL – Evaluation of Teacher Professional Standards (open until 25 Oct 2013)
• TeachMeet at the Wharf – 1 November
• Gamification course on OpenLeaning.com

Episode Timecode

00:00 – Welcome and Intro

01:27 – Education in the News

• Abbott government takes down Betterschools.gov.au
• WA Education Director General denies misleading parliamentary committee
• OECD Survey ranks Australia 5th in literacy and 13th in numeracy
• Victorian govt. announces plan to hire principals with no educational qualifications or experience
• Principal’s union labels Voc govt. plan as ‘foolish’
• Study finds that children attending private schools do no better in NAPLAN that public school students
• NT Education Dept. to cut a further 35 teaching positions in 2014
• NT Teachers protest rally earns concession on cuts
• Large number of schools in Queensland have subjects being taught by teachers without appropriate qualifications
• Queensland to increase no. of Independent Public Schools to 80 in 2014
• Teacher in the centre of SA porn scandal stood down

12:23 – Intro to Gamification in Education

17:21 – Zichermann Interview, part 1 & Discussion

31:16 – Zichermann Interview, part 2 & Discussion

43:29 – Zichermann INterview, part 3 & Discussion

52:00 – Zichermann Interview, part 4 & Discussion

01:04:14 – Zichermann Interview, part 5 & Discussion

• Recommendations for further reading

01:09:37 – Preview of Gamification Part 2

• Interview with Tom Benjamin

01:11:20 – New podcast segment & Announcements

01:14:30 – Quote: “We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing” – Benjamin Franklin