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Failing Forward in Online Education: A Reflective Journey

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For me, the move from in-person teaching to asynchronous online teaching took place over decades, but it still presented a challenge that threatened fundamental aspects of my identity as an educator: the dynamic exchange of energy between me and my students and the importance of creativity. In asynchronous online education, the immediacy of audience feedback was conspicuously absent and posed a question of how I could feed my creative spirit and maintain the authentic connection that had always been the cornerstone of my teaching. In response to this challenge, I dove deep into the exploration of online pedagogy and found myself gravitating toward the concept of gamification as a bridge to engage students and feed my own creativity.

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