Project Focus: Experiment Safety via Gamification

“There’s a huge level of respect between all the partners!” (Digital Advocate)

 

Icon- group of 3, animated Project Team
Tabitha Watson (Digital Associate)
Duncan Parker (Digital Innovator)
Richard Blackburn (Digital Advocate)

Department: Chemistry

icon-readSummary

This project aims to test students’ understanding of participant experiment safety through storyboard-based learning. As experiment safety requires crucial understanding from all chemistry students, an engaging method is required to ensure student learn from this experience.

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Icon - activity (1)How it works

The story-board learning tool was created with textadventures.co.uk, a free online platform which allows text-based game to be created.
Within the activity 3-5 different outcomes were created, which are based on the choices students decide to take.

Duncan explains this project in more detail at the Learning and Teaching Conference
(click image below to access).

Clip from the Learning and Teaching conference presentation.
Click image to explore Tabitha, Duncan & Richard’s project further.

Evaluation

Impact of project to be fully recognised in semester 2, 2019.

 

Icon - informationFind Out More:

Take a look at the team’s project poster here.

If you would like to learn more about this project, please contact dip@leicester.ac.uk.

Discover more about text adventures via this link.