Escape the class! Tips for creating virtual educational escape rooms
Escape the class! Tips for creating virtual educational escape rooms
Escape the class! Tips for creating virtual educational escape rooms
Cecilia Teng
January, 7, 2025
Summary
In a flipped classroom, the instructor introduced a virtual escape room where students, acting as detectives, applied their learning to solve puzzles and investigate a crime scene. The game, aimed at making statistics engaging for non-majors, fostered peer learning and social interaction in a large class, particularly beneficial after remote learning during the pandemic. The author shares tips for creating similar educational escape rooms, emphasizing clear learning outcomes, selecting appropriate platforms (e.g., Genially, Twine), designing immersive storylines, aligning puzzles with educational goals, and conducting beta tests. A post-game debrief helps students reflect on the learning experience.
Reference
Teng, C. (2025, January 7). Escape the class! Tips for creating virtual educational escape rooms. Times Higher Education. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/escape-class-tips-creating-virtual-educational-escape-rooms