Instructional Design and the perception of “RISK”
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This masterclass explores how fear and perceived risk create barriers to learning, emphasizing the importance of psychological safety. It examines what makes a learning environment feel safe and how intentional design can foster supportive, effective spaces for learners.
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Presented By: Katrin Becker
Summary:
What are the barriers that interfere with learning? It turns out many barriers to learning are in one way or another, related to perceptions of risk. In other words, fear is what holds us back, and fear comes from an absence of safety. With so much talk about safety and safe spaces in workplaces, in schools, in relationships, and in society in general, now is the perfect time to look at how we can facilitate the creation of safe spaces in our designs. This masterclass will look at what makes a classroom feel safe, and what we can do to help set the stage.
Biography:
Katrin is an award winning, internationally known expert in the design and analysis of serious games and in gamification in the classroom. She holds two computer science degrees and a PhD in educational technology. She is a certified instructional designer with a graduate certificate in serious game design and research. She has over thirty-five years of teaching experience and has taught computer science (CS) video game design, digital game-based learning (DGBL) and technical writing.
Her teaching innovations have been internationally recognized and she is widely published. She designs and develops e-learning in all sectors, including educational and advertising games. She is the author of four books: Gamification 101: How to Bring Joy back to Learning By Making Your Classroom Gameful (Tellwell, coming in late 2024); Choosing and Using Digital Games in the Classroom – A Practical Guide (Springer, 2016); The Guide to Computer Simulations and Games (Wiley, 2011), now available on Leanpub; and her mother’s memoir, called Reni (2020, also available on Leanpub).
Finally, to counterbalance a heavily digital life, she runs a small farm where she has been raising rabbits, waterfowl and other animals for over thirty years. This farm forms the basis for her Ducks in the Classroom program, which provided eggs for hatching in classrooms locally from 1988–2012, and information on school hatching projects globally since 2001. It also accounts for the occasional bit of poo on her shoe.
