An Online Gamified PLE that Actually Motivates Us
(Unfortunately the gamification part is purely imaginary. 😓) An Example of Personal Learning Environment with many software and websites you can choose from. 7am - I wake up, and grab my phone without thinking. My avatar just wakes up too, and oh my, she looks like a mess. To “clean her up”, I quickly get changed and check off my morning routine to-do list. OK, now she looks ready to work too. The app just notifies me that I get up earlier than 74% of my friends, and I receive a 10 day-streak badge. 8am - Time for morning language learning. I start the timer in the app and try to feed myself some German vocabularies . I know while I’m learning, my avatar is also earning in-game currency and leveling up. 30 vocabularies later, I share my progress of the day on Wechat with caption “how in the world can a word as simple as ‘soda’ be ‘das Erfrischungsgetränk’”. I receive a couple likes. Pomodoro Timing Technique: Work for 25 mins without distractions, then...