I am an Instructional Design Specialist for Oregon State University Ecampus. Previously, I was the Instructional Design Coordinator for the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine and an Instructional Designer for Clackamas Community College before that. In a previous life, experience includes a great deal of educational media development; graphics, web design, video editing, interactive coding and UX/UI design, as well as a stint as Creative Director at a private research company.
I have been playing games as long as I can remember. Dr. Naxer and I have been collaborating a great deal on games as a model for Self-Determination Theory and how this might inform our course design. We are looking for key elements that can be borrowed from games and easily implemented into courses to increase motivation and engagement with materials. I recently posted some of my thinking on this in the Ecampus Blog, Games as a Model for Motivation and Engagement, Part 1 (http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/inspire/2019/08/19/games-as-a-model-for-motivation-and-engagement-part-1/).