What is Emerging Pedagogy

With the ongoing movement to online learning, teacher education is faced with the reality of developing effective online learning environments. A collaborative approach at one university involved use of gameful learning as a foundational pedagogy for MAT students' online learning in a graduate-level assessment course. Implementation resulted from a series of collaborative team meetings, focused planning and development activities, and consistent reflection and revision both during and after instruction. Early each term, students received live and video instruction about gameful learning, focusing on learner choice as key for success. Students were evaluated on a set of choice assignments which were aligned to course and CAEP standards. Students' perceptions of value for their own learning were collected qualitatively. Results demonstrate perceptions of positive value for gameful learning as a learning tool for early career educators enrolled in one online course. Major trends that emerged from students' reflections are discussed as well.