RCC Postdoc Seminar: Gamify your classroom!

Gamification is a relatively new concept that is picking up momentum. In this seminar, the speaker will first explain what is gamification as well as the main elements that comprises traditional games and how to apply them in an educational context.  Then, a brief tutorial about how to use the most popular question/answer game applications for the gamification of the classroom will be addressed.

Teaching methods have evolved throughout last decades. In order to learn the different possibilities that Innovative Teaching offers, this seminar will explore how each field can provide ideas that can be applied in other areas. In this way, both participants and assistants will improve their knowledge concerning to how to teach and how to create a better environment in the class, in which students play a more dynamic role. 

Speaker: Eva Gil González. RCC Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Sponsors: RCC; Postdocs@RCC.