MindShift

APRIL 20, 2015

Some educators are turning to game-based learning , but gamification is also serving a purpose. At the heart of the issue is gamification , a term commonly defined as the addition of reward systems to non-game settings and contexts. Further reading led me into the discussion—and controversy— around gamification in education.

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Gamification Game-Based Learning Learning Course 28

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

That’s most of the secondary students in the district (traditionally the top users of the student portal). Yu-kai Chou, a gamification expert who developed the Octalysis design framework, describes eight “core drives” for human motivation that can be built into game design. Babies, by contrast, learn simply because they want to learn.

Data 71

Data Education Gamification Software 71

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). Discussion went in some interesting angles, such as secondary education.

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Conference ePortfolio LMS Education 40

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Did you ever wonder how your own students might perform on those dozens of tasks? You can now find out.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Always eager to associate itself with the latest tech craze, education technology embraced Pokémon Go with great gusto: “ Why Pokemon Go shows the future of learning gamification.” And yet almost half of those surveyed admitted they weren’t certain what kind of data was being collected about them or how it was being used.

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Data Technology Education Software 40