Making the Paradigm Shift

Since last week was "Week 0" in our Game Elements for Learning (#GE4L) MOOC, this is "Week 1" when we will start getting into the real course content. I have already learned quite a bit about how the typical course, in any discipline really, could be more interesting by incorporating elements of gaming. For example, students might choose from a variety of "quests" and achieve new levels and accumulate experience points in...anything. My favorite part of the class so far though is Jane McGonigal's TedTalk which I highly recommend as motivation and understanding for making the paradigm shift from traditional learning to game-based learning.