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Publish at October 16 2024 Updated October 16 2024
Lecture-based learning
Interactivity to energize lecture halls
The gamification of lectures is emerging as a promising avenue for meeting the challenges of engagement and interactivity in higher education. Quizzes, escape games, role-playing games... These devices shake up the teacher's posture and open up innovative pedagogical perspectives. But their widespread use requires the removal of cultural and organizational obstacles, and rigorous evaluation of their effects. A stimulating challenge for reinventing university teaching methods.
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