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Your Name and Title: Chris Haskell, Ed. D, Clinical Assistant Professor

School or Organization Name: Boise State University

Co-Presenter Name(s):

Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Western USA

Language in Which You Will Present: English

Target Audience(s):  Teachers, administrators, motivated students, researchers.

Short Session Description (one line):   This session describes more than two years of direct application of game-based learning research and practice in the classroom including how teachers and students are creating, cloning, and repurposing quests, badges, levels, and student choice across the globe.

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):
What would school look like if it "played" like a video game?  To find out, researchers and faculty at Boise State created an experimental game-based learning management system.  For two years they have been conducting a hand researching classes built on the principles of quest-based learning which leverages experiences points, badges, achievements, leveling, and student choice.  The presentation will demonstrate the tool, pedagogy, and share the results of a more than two years of Design-Based Research with over 800 teachers in 14 countries illuminating student success and satisfaction in quest-based learning.

Serving as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Technology at Boise State University, Chris specializes in instructing pre-service teachers in methods and applications of technology integration in the classroom.  In addition to instilling fundamental skills, Chris focuses on the use, adaptation, and implementation of emerging technologies in teacher education including gaming, virtual worlds, mobile communication devices, social networking tools.
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:

The following is a a five-minute ignite talk that introduces you to the topic.

QBL Whitepaper_Haskell.pdf

AttractiveQuestDesign.pdf

GBL Research.pdf