Gamified learning in higher education: A model of participative assessment

Journal title EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY
Author/s Barbara Bruschi, Manuela Repetto, Melania Talarico
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2023/1
Language Italian Pages 13 P. 46-58 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/ess1-2023oa15295
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The article discusses about an evaluative model used in a university teaching aimed at students in the three-year Education Sciences program. The model, which is based on gamified teaching, aims to get students more involved in teaching activities and prompt them to reflect more on their own learning processes. The specificity of this model lies not only in the way it is applied, but also in the process of its construction, to which the students themselves contributed by defining its criteria and improving it edition after edition.

Keywords: ; gamified teaching and learning; participatory evaluation; peer assessement; formative feedback

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Barbara Bruschi, Manuela Repetto, Melania Talarico, La didattica universitaria gamificata: un modello di valutazione partecipata in "EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY" 1/2023, pp 46-58, DOI: 10.3280/ess1-2023oa15295