Ludodidactics Systemics 2 min. lezen Being able to develop teaching and learning behaviour based on game principles, revolves about understanding and manipulate systems. There are three cornerstones that are inextricably linked with ludodidactics: game principles,…
Ludodidactics Mini Beats 4 min. lezen Mini Beats Mini Beats is a game developed by Thijs Spook using the MDA-model. The game helps students to learn rhythmic notation. Both the learning goals of recognizing ánd notation…
Ludodidactics 3 + 4 = 7 (chord building game) 2 min. lezen 3 + 4 = 7 is a game developed by Thijs Spook using the MDA-model and teaches students how to translate a chord symbol to the piano or keyboard. In…
Ludodidactics Hit it! (boomwhacker challenge) 2 min. lezen In this game the challenge is to perform a well-known children’s song using boomwhackers. The only information that is being provided, is the title of the song (of which the…
Ludodidactics Starting out: do’s and don’ts 5 min. lezen Starting out with the design principles of ludodidactics is a learning process in itself. In the interviews that we had with our contributing ludodidactics experts, Willem-Jan Renger, Evert Hoogendoorn and…
Ludodidactics Hard- versus soft mastery 4 min. lezen Within the framework of ludodidactics you may run into the concepts of hard mastery and soft mastery. In short, the differentiation between soft mastery and hard mastery is that mastering…
Ludodidactics Solutions versus obstacles 4 min. lezen Often teachers like to explain how their students should solve things: in an attempt to help the student they remove as many obstacles as possible, sometimes to the point that…
Ludodidactics Gamified repetition: grinding 2 min. lezen Acquiring any (real) skill invariable involves repetition or performing repetitive tasks. This also applies to music education when developing musical skills, especially within the more traditional schemes of hard mastery…
Creativity Creative Music Theory Lesson 2 3 min. lezen What is especially important for this exercise? The song used in the exercise should be familiar to all the students and simple enough because the exercise has so many other…
Creativity Improvisation cards 2 4 min. lezen How to get started with the Impro Cards The teacher should get to know the improvisation cards beforehand and pick the suitable ones for each student. In the beginning it’s…
