Gamification in Education

We've already looked at MOOCs and tablet computing. Educational Games and gamification were identified as part of the 'second horizon', (or entering mainstream use in a two to three years).

As someone interested in learning and video games, one of the most inspirational things I have seen, read, or heard lately, is the TED talk by game designer Jane McGonigal,

“What are video games doing? If you have an age-appropriate game that’s not too easy or too hard, a video game is teaching a child how to cope with failure,

Gamification -- or the use of game, loyalty and economic concepts to engage consumers and employees -- has its fair share of detractors. But good criticism should be grounded in facts and a shared desire to make the world a better place.

By Brian Burke Gartner, Inc. When designed correctly, gamification has proven to be very successful in engaging people and motivating them to change behaviours, develop skills or solve problems.

I was just ten years old when the circumstances of life led me to lock-picking for the first time.

No, I wasn’t starving, nor had I been abducted by a band of thieves. I was driven by something whic

There are myriad ways in which gamification can play a positive role in the educational setting.

Gamification:Games can and do teach. Online learning and lectures often do not teach. Course design is more important than the vehicle delivering the course

“Your brain’s important, but not all that important,” said Dr. James Paul Gee, a professor at Arizona State University and a leading authority on lite

As I work with teachers to implement game-based learning (GBL), they are always looking for any free tools that exist. While some are willing to pay for iPad game apps or using the Kinect, these tool

If it's true that 97 percent of teens in the U.S. are playing digital games, then the focus on how games can fit into the shifting education system becomes th

By Brian Burke Gartner, Inc. When designed correctly, gamification has proven to be very successful in engaging people and motivating them to change behaviours, develop skills or solve problems.

We bring together game design, rigorous research & interdisciplinary partnerships to create, study and promote game-based materials, strategies and systems as critical tools for personal and social development.

How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video games, ev...

A recent research paper sheds light on several ways in which educational games can facilitate the learning experience and benefit the student.