Gamification in university teaching - possibilities and limits of Lego Serious Play

This short online workshop shows you the possibilities and challenges of gamification for your own teaching, especially with Lego Serious Play.

Begin 03. May 2023 - 15:00 Uhr
End 03. May 2023 - 16:30 Uhr

Gamification in university teaching has the overarching goal of initiating and promoting a learning process by means of typical game processes (goal, rule, strategy, etc.) and elements (reality transformation, excitement, experience, etc.). In the first part of the short online workshop, you will be introduced to good practice in gamification in university teaching, in particular using Lego Serious Play. The second part offers you an overview of how the moderated process Lego Serious Play can be integrated into your own teaching in a didactically meaningful way to activate, visualize, reflect and motivate as well as to develop the competencies of learners.

Learning objectives

After completing the short online workshop, participants will be able to

  • name good practice on the topic of gamification in university teaching, in particular using Lego Serious Play, and
  • present the opportunities and challenges of using these.
Course leader: Daniel Winkler

Daniel Winkler is a lecturer in university didactics at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences. His work focuses on the fundamentals of university didactics, engineering pedagogy, laboratory didactics and the use of simulation games and educational technology in university teaching. He studied at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor of Engineering) and at the International University Institute Zittau of the Dresden University of Technology (Master of Arts). In his doctoral project at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the Technical University of Dresden, he is working intensively on the design of teaching/learning scenarios for the use of augmented reality. Since 2020, he has been a member of the Ingenieurpädagogische Wissenschaftsgesellschaft and the Ingenieure ohne Grenzen association.

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Photo: M.A. Daniel Winkler
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Daniel Winkler
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