Summit Reflection: Grading, Gamification, and the “Game” of School

In early October, LILE hosted the inaugural Emerging Pedagogies Summit for Duke faculty and staff invested in teaching and learning. The Summit’s goal was to promote ongoing conversations about the future of education in hopes of shaping a future vision of pedagogy. In this blog series, we will revisit each session to reflect on the lessons shared by the presenters and envision how these emerging pedagogies may take root at Duke. Conventional perception tends to see game and learning as opposing concepts. Learning is often seen as rigorous intellectual labor, while games are viewed as mere entertainment for the mind. However, this... [Read more...]