OA21: Breakout (3) Make learning fun! Escape rooms with Xerte
Channel: Apereo Foundation
Date: 16/07/2021

Presented by Inge Donkervoort

Making an escape room with Xerte! Is that possible? Yes, you can use Xerte to build an escape room. An escape room is a good example of gamification. With a game you can strengthen the motivation of students and make activities challenging. The intrinsic motivation of students when playing an escape room is very high. The students find solving puzzles fun and challenging. They forget that they are working on normal curriculum. Analysis also shows that play elements in education in general lead to more involvement and motivation of students. In this time of COVID it is important that we keep the attention of students (longer).

Within the Xerte community using this for learning is a big success! We will show you a number of examples of online escape rooms but we will also show give you a sneak preview of how easy you can create one with Xerte. Whether you are a starter or an advanced Xerte user, it does not matter. Anyone can participate!