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Student motivation is becoming increasingly challenging in contemporary education. Technology has created an instant gratification culture, where students are accustomed to receiving immediate feedback and rewards. Moreover, students often do not perceive how proposed classroom activities are relevant to their lives and goals, or can connect with their interests. How to approach such an issue, which we may call the challenge of motivation? Game-Based Learning (GBL) and Game Design are powerful tools for engaging students. After all, who doesn’t like playing? By situating learning in playing activities, Game-Based Learning promotes active learning, helps learners acquire important soft skills, and personalizes the learning experience. Would you like to learn more about how to introduce these methodologies in your classroom? The course will teach participants to apply the principles of Game-Based Learning and Game Design in their school setting to improve student motivation and engagement in any curricular subject. Participants will understand the difference between Game-Based Learning, Gamification, and Game Design, and when it is more appropriate to use each methodology. Accordingly, they will learn to use games in the classroom to promote students’ skills and knowledge and on a particular domain or curricular subject. Moreover, participants will discover how to gamify learning with simpler (e.g., quizzes) and more complicated (e.g., escape rooms) quests. In particular, participants will get familiar with Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL), a teaching method where students are encouraged to find their own answers t...read more.