Making Learning Fun

Catalog description

Students are introduced to the role that intrinsic motivation plays in making learning fun. Framed in the context of games/play, entertainment, and hobbies, this course uncovers how individual motivators such as challenge, curiosity, and self-determination work alongside interpersonal motivators such as cooperation, competition, and social recognition. Students keep a weekly play journal, practice a new hobby, and create an educational microvideo.