Designing a Quest-BasedGIS Course

Michael N. DeMers

NMSU Geography

What is QBL?

WHY QUEST-BASED LEARNING?

Choice

Choice of Jeans

Choice in Class Quests

Mistakes

You Get Rewarded for Spending

Awarding Points

BADGES

You Like Badgets

Leveling Up

LEVELING UP

The leaderboard

Leaderboards in the White House

QBL Leaderboard

So What About Grades

100% (starting point) - A

0% - F

5000 points (for an A)

Life-long Learning

0 points

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Class Monitoring

The Existing Course

REWARDS LIST

RANKS

QUESTS