The New Era Of E-Learning

Gaming can be engaging and make learning enjoyable simultaneously. With a far-reaching development in the Ed-tech industry lately, it is obvious that online learning combined with gamification is a massively growing trend. The integration of technology and games in education have indicated major positive changes in students' learning and growth. Modern education is moving from chalkboards to computers, tablets, and mobile phones.

Today’s post seeks to provide you with some answers to what is gamification in learning and why you might want to consider using it in your learning or teaching process. The blog also highlights how Students Factory is already implementing gamification through their unique Reading OjO App.

What is Gamification?

Gamification is an emerging approach used in many educational environments to improve the learner’s skills, motivation and engagement. It is also referred to as a non-gaming system. These effective games attribute to clear rules, a chain of goals, interactivity, continual feedback, and rewards that keep the user satisfied and motivated. Academics and practitioners are using game elements in their education process for motivation and improvement in learning outcomes since it is more likely to retain information when having fun. Therefore, using game-based education promotes learning and improves problem-solving skills.

Is Gamification important in education?

1. It is important to realize that gamification plays an important role in education:

• It makes learning interactive where it creates an exciting and entertaining platform to educate learners and enables practical application of tasks.
• It provides an effective learning environment and helps learners practice real-life challenges that facilitate their learning experience.
• It provides learners with immediate feedback with scores that update as they play, showing learners their progress to work harder in beating their own best score and to be the best, compared with other participants.

2. Gamification can drive behavioral change, especially when combined with frequent improvement. It also contributes to an effective concept to improve learning that takes into account the following:

• It evokes competition among learners.
• It provides a sense of achievement to learners.
• It provides an engaging learning experience.
• It encourages progress and motivates the learner to progress in the challenge.

3. Gamification types & how Students Factory delivers to the gamification world.

• Gamification in education creates joyful learning experiences and a good example for this could be the “Reading OjO” App”. It is an educational application, in which students can learn and enjoy their time. The app provides fun passages to read in various fields designed according to the age group and grade of a student. This can build a habit of reading, increase vocabulary, improve knowledge, and instigate concentration.
• Many of us strive to be the best and gamification fulfills that by keeping participants motivated to outperform the competitors. The “Reading OjO App'' allows that through their features like “Daily tasks”, “Road to Championship” and “Competitions” encouraging interaction between the students around the globe. Students can create groups among their friends and start competing with other participating groups. The “Reading OjO” App allows students to connect with many others which assists to understand and build essential values such as teamwork and leadership.

In conclusion, building a new habit like reading or acquiring a new language can be hard, but it should not be boring. The game-based learning promotes education and improves problem-solving skills in a fun and effective manner. On the other hand, with modern education moving from chalkboards to computers, everyone is looking for the fastest and most cheerful learning process which Students Factory has implemented through their OjO Reading App. It is a perfect choice as it builds positive reading habits, expands vocabulary, improves knowledge, instigates concentration, and encourages a better learning experience for students around the globe.

Install the Reading OjO app through the link below:  

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=apps.wm.studentfactory   

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