{"id":5869,"date":"2017-03-07T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T09:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=5869"},"modified":"2017-03-14T09:33:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T09:33:25","slug":"gamification-using-poll-everywheres-segmented-responses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2017\/03\/07\/gamification-using-poll-everywheres-segmented-responses\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamification using Poll Everywhere’s Segmented Responses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gamification in education is a pedagogical approach in which elements of games are incorporated into teaching sessions and\/or online delivery, with the aim of increasing student engagement. This could be achieved by introducing a competitive element (through, for example, the use of teams), by incorporating the idea that students can \u2018level up\u2019 by achieving certain milestones or aims, or by including elements of video games.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One way to start incorporating gamification into your teaching sessions could be to use the \u2018segment responses\u2019 option in Poll Everywhere, the student response system used at Sussex. This option allows you to pose an initial question to your students, for example \u2018Which team are you in?\u2019. Answering this question then assigns students to a certain team, so students who answered A will be assigned to Team A while students who answered B will be assigned to Team B. Poll Everywhere then tracks the responses to the questions that follow, grouping the different teams\u2019 responses and displaying charts of the answers, introducing a competitive element between the teams which can encourage students to engage with the activity and respond to each question. Poll Everywhere have made a <\/span>useful step-by-step video<\/span><\/a> which takes you through the process of setting up your polls, gathering responses and generating reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to this approach, segmented response could also be used to track answers by certain demographics. For example if you teach a module in which the cohort is made up of students from a variety of different degree programmes you could choose to track students\u2019 responses based on this categorisation. Alternatively you could choose to gather data which tracks the responses of certain age groups, nationalities or a variety of other demographic indicators.<\/span><\/p>\n

Segmented responses in use at a recent Poll Everywhere User Group meeting<\/p><\/div>\n

Other tools to use to gamify your teaching<\/strong><\/p>\n