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September 18, 2013

robert torres on education and gamification

Robert Torres on Transforming Education with Gamification: The Past, Present and Future

Ivan Kuo12 mins

The education industry is in transition – from the obvious changes being wrought at the university level to wrenching, systemic transformation at K-12 in the United States. At the same time, educators are no strangers to games and gamification — they’ve long been used in the classroom. But if it’s such a powerful tool, why hasn’t gamification been the magic panacea that’s solved all of our problems? Where is the gap between meaningful game-based interventions in education and what’s happened so far? What are the bright spots, and the major roadblocks yet ahead? Join Robert Torres for this insightful look at a vision for the future of gamified education, and how we can truly leverage the potential of this powerful approach from GSummit SF 2013.

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What’s The Difference Between Loyalty Programs and Gamification?

38 mins

Whenever I start talking about gamification, one of the first questions that I get asked is this: how is it different from loyalty programs?

As part of my MBA in the Management of Technology and Innovation at Ryerson University, I was tasked with writing a major research paper on a business topic of my choosing. As a gamer, I was extremely interested in the rising trend of gamification. Aside from the question about loyalty programs, a lot of small startups I talked to were interested about this “gamification thing they heard of”, but really had no idea where to begin or how to use it. When I came across the CARROT todo list, I was amazed at its simplicity and execution. It pushed me over the edge, and made me really want to find out exactly how gamification was being used.

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