The medical field is hectic: stressful on good days, devastating on bad days. Amongst all the chaos, individuals are completing crucial tasks that can be the difference between life and death for a patient. The work done by medical professionals and other hospital staff often goes unnoticed. The leaders at UCSF Bennioff Children’s Hospital decided to make a change.
Although I haven’t been particularly interested in getting my Duo a fancy robe or other sort of outfit, users that get a kick from customizing their avatar probably do so. Let’s take a peek behind this door and imagine for a second the opportunities by further developing user avatars’ customizing options. I wonder if the app creators have considered the business deals that could potentially come together on this end.
Playing a game could help uncover a potential cure for breast cancer, lung cancer or any number of diseases that have a genetic component. The game is called Dizeez, and it’s got some geneticists excited about using gamification for health research as a way of potentially crowdsourcing a cure.
The Washington Examiner recently ran a story about a new video game that teaches the United States Constitution by casting the student players in the role of constitutional lawyers. The game is called “Do I Have a Right,” created by a company called iCivics. Playing the game is part of a three-week college-level course run by Georgetown University in Washington D.C. that teaches high school students subjects ranging from international relations to politics as part of a summer program run by the Junior State of America.
Duolingo has become a hot topic in recent reviews that underline both its pioneer path in the demonetization of online education, as well as its success rate since it first launched. Without a doubt, its gamified design plays a significant role in this success, which itself has obtained the attention of investors interested in its expansion. Duolingo is an online application currently available for use in 21 different languages, offering a free learning experience for 13 different languages.
One of the characteristics of autism is the struggle to make and maintain eye contact. That challenge is part of a broader difficulty that autistic children have with social skills. Health care professionals have various ways to help autistic children connect with the world. Samsung is trying to do it with game-based learning.
Last time, we featured Clearly Logistic Supervisor, Sean Goodman to discuss how Clearly’s logistics department revamped their employee training program. Modeling after gamification concepts from Gabe Zichermann’s book “Gamification Revolution”, the program achieved major success and the organization is looking for new opportunities to incorporate gamification for its processes.
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Nike is a brand that has been engrained in the United States and around the world. Motivating people worldwide to “Just Do It”™ and be active; it is a beacon of health, wellness, fashion, and promoting physical activity. However, Nike hasn’t always been this successful. Arguably Nike’s most important product line is their running shoes. Nike has had fierce competition from Under Armour and Adidas for many years. Nike took a step forward and used gamification to increase customer engagement and brand awareness to take control of the running shoe market.
