New Learning MOOC’s Updates

Gaming & Learning: Learning & Assessment

The program Kahoot is a popular program among schools today. However, how its used can determine which kind of pedagogy is being reinforced. If the teacher makes the quiz after listening to a lecture it is a recreation of didactic pedagogy. If the quiz is done collaboratively with students discussing answers it can be a form of authentic learning. However, the design of the quiz format is still very much about hiding the right answer among trick answers. The student must still reproduce a bit of knowledge he/she learned previously. Rather than using quizzes to promote learning it is best to offer different resources and allow the student to discover and recreate the information in his/her own way. 

  • Aliya Mustafina