Our Treasure Mission to Ayutthaya
On 19 to 22 June 2019, I went to Ayutthaya for my character-based gamification research together with a part-time Lecturer, Janielyn, who is doing her research on sounds. We are going to carry out our research experiments in a project module on Ayutthaya in this coming August semester (Aug 2019). I designed the gamification concept and framework for the module. The main concept of the gamification is students embark on a Treasure Mission to hunt Ancient or Current Treasures in Ayutthaya that will inspire them to create new Treasures for today's society or for the future. Below is... MY AUTO-ETHNOGRAPHY ON LEARNERS’ IDENTITY (TALENT) THROUGH CHARACTER-BASED GAMIFICATION: About 1.5 months before the trip to Ayutthaya, I was not interested to visit Ayutthaya at all until I saw one photo online which is taken in Ayutthaya. Here is a similar photo taken by me: A Buddha head entwined within the roots of a tree. "What an extraordinary sight! This is the Tr...