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What follows is a process for designing a learning game based on a classroom learning activity. This process is based on the view that there
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I recently read a post on Lifehacker about how a guy had “gamified” his life by setting up a points system to incentivize behavior. In
In the academic world this question pops up fairly regularly. It stems from the view of games as pastimes and inconsequential in comparison to the
How do I gamify an activity? This post is a theoretical case study of how to gamify a simple workplace activity. We will be using
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A presentation once asked the question, what is the difference between a game and an activity in an educational environment? The presenter went on to
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