Every week until GSummit SF 2013, we’ll be unlocking some special content from last year to give you a preview on what to expect this April 16 – 18.
Byron Reeves of Stanford University discusses his research on how people react to games and his fascination towards games emerging in the enterprise:
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A research team from North Carolina State University recently submitted a study for publication in Computers in Human Behavior stating older adults that played video games showed an improvement in health versus non-gamers.
If the case for non-physical rewards (see SAPS) as a motivator still hasn’t convinced you of its effectiveness, you might want to look at Boston’s government mobile app that will allow Bostonians to improve city services.
Released in 2008, Citizen’s Connect allows local citizens to report issues like broken signs and potholes to make sure they are fixed quickly. According to SearchCIO, this effort is in part of Boston CIO, Bill Oates’ desire to create an active communication loop between citizen and workers to ensure city problems are solved.
