pagamo, really enhance the learning performance!

Prof. Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson) 葉丙成 Dept. of EE, National Taiwan University

PaGamO��First-ever Multi-student Social Gaming Platform for General Course

葉丙成��Yeh, Ping-Cheng (Benson)��Co-Founder, BoniO Inc.��Director, NTU MOOC

National Taiwan University


PaGamO��The world’s first-ever MOOC-based multi-student social game platform built for MOOC with close-end HW problems


PaGamO not Just for MOOC! 1.  PaGamO for K12 students in TW on all subjects (Math, Chinese, Social Study, Science), 4,000+ teachers with 70,000+ students

2.  PaGamO used for cooperate training in one of the Fortune 500 enterprises uses (Company name hidden due to NDA)

3.  PaGamO is used by the Dental school of UPenn. 4.  PaGamO for high school Math in US is currently in plan with local partners

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Worldwide Acknowledgement

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PaGamO won the E-‐learning Award and Overall Award in the “Wharton-‐QS Stars Awards 2014: Reimagine EducaCon”,

aka “Oscars” of innovaCon in higher educaCon



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Invited with Haywood (Vice President of Univ. of Edinburgh) by Google Research to give special talks to the architects and the core member of education research department of Google



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Invited to give talk in 2014 Coursera Conference, London with Rutenbar from CS, UIUC to the Presidents, Provosts,

MOOC specialists of Coursera partner schools


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PaGamO first Launched in “Probability” on Coursera , the world’s first-‐ever MOOC in Chinese


Coursera blog: hAp://goo.gl/1Jao6V


More than 4000 people used PaGamO for HW on Coursera! To see how it works (short video): hAp://youtu.be/XtPryPyT3I0


Tens of thousands of students on the same map to compete by occupying as much land as possible via solving problem sets from any subjects, math, language, science, etc.


Worldwide ranking on the number of problems solved. Many students were moWvated. Even solved 200+ problems!


Student feedback: Now it’s a great pleasure to come back dorm solving problem sets right a^er school Wme everyday!


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Student feedback: With PaGamO, Mom never has to worry about Me not studying hard any more!


Students got addicted to learning! ��Wow!


PaGamO score vs. Coursera grade

PaGamO Low Mid High

Coursera Grade (PaGamO Bonus Excluded)

Percen

tage (%

)


According to the student poll from the Coursera course: Near 90% of the students feel PaGamO interesWng and enjoying it.

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00%

Because I think PaGamO is interesCng.

Because I really like to understand what the teacher has taught us.

Due to the course requirement.

Because I enjoy playing the game.

Why Play PaGamO?

Do not agree at all

Do not agree

Agree

Totally agree


More than 90% agree they feel saWsfied when doing HW and playing PaGamO. Near 90% agree they are now able to finish more challenging tasks. Near 70% agree they can quickly get the key points of the course.

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00%

I have the discreCon in finishing my

homework and PaGamO

I feel saCsfied when doing HW and playing PaGamO

I am able to finish more challenging

task.

I think I can quickly get the key points of the

course

Please answer this quesWon based on your own experiences

Do not agree at all

Do not agree

Agree

Totally agree


PaGamO raises student motivation in learning!


PaGamO score vs. Coursera grade

PaGamO Low Mid High

Coursera Grade (PaGamO Bonus Excluded)

Percen

tage (%

)


PaGamO grade highly correlated with the Course grade!


PaGamO not Just for MOOC! 1.  PaGamO for K12 students in TW on all subjects (Math, Chinese, Social Study, Science), 4,000+ teachers with 70,000+ students

2.  PaGamO used for cooperate training in one of the Fortune 500 enterprises uses (Company name hidden due to NDA)

3.  PaGamO is used by the Dental school of UPenn. 4.  PaGamO for high school Math in US is currently in plan with local partners

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PaGamO,��a new paradigm shift for future learning

pagamo, really enhance the learning performance!

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