The concept of game-based learning is not new, yet always in need of new research to take gamified education even further. The following examples should spark your creativity on how to design your classes from this point forward. Minecraft for Educational Purposes The wildly popular Minecraft attracts the attention of students at home and school. …
Today in our ongoing GList series, we’re featuring Daniel Brusilovsky. Daniel is the CEO and founder of Teens in Tech Labs, dedicated to providing resources for young entrepreneurs worldwide. As a successful young entrepreneur and adviser who has worked with a number of successful startups, Daniel will be providing a talk at GSummit about the rise of kids…
One of the most amazing transformations using gamification has come from the medical field. Concepts using game mechanics are making their way into a myriad of medical interactions – and probably shouldn’t be super surprising by this point. However I was pleased as punch during my most recent allergist visit to find that the old-school…
TechNavio, a research wing of Infinity Research, released a 40-page marketing report in November 2012. The study examines the expected role of Gamification in the North American, European and Pacific Rim areas. The purpose of the research was “to aid decision makers’ understanding of the present and future landscape of the market.”
And the landscape’s terrain is populated by social media and networking.
RMH Franchise, the owner of 173 of the 2,200 Applebee’s restaurant locations, was having a problem with staff turnover. The company was experiencing an average turnover rate of 120 percent. The turnover was proving to be costly, with a replacement expense of between $400 to $10,000 depending on the seniority of the employees.
I’ll never forget the moment when my friend’s father stated he bought a Wii because he had read some studies about how playing games improved hand-eye coordination related to surgery as he waggled a controller at the television screen. While not all Wii-actions might assist in laparoscopic surgery, a recent study by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMBG) demonstrated playing video games was positively correlated with the ability to perform minimally-invasive surgery techniques.
At GCo, we believe it is important to engage and support our gamification community so that we can grow, not only as a community, but as an industry as a whole. Today I would like to share the story of dopaWin, a rewards platform based out of Estonia. If you would like your organization or…
Roadify is a relatively new mobile social network based around NYC commuting. The basic premise is to notify other users of the actual bus arrival times, as compared to the posted stop times that are often inaccurate due to traffic and other delays. As a member, you either “give” or “get” real time notices that…
“How long till life is one big video game?” asks Ivor Tossell in his recent article in the Innovation section of The Globe and Mail. In the piece he gives and introductory definition of gamification and quotes Gabe Zichermann for his insights as someone “at the forefront of a new strain of marketing thinking” and…
It was 2006 when Nike turned the most simple of sports into a key driver for adopting a healthier lifestyle. 7 years later, Nike+ now has about 7 million users. Socially rich data is key for any quantified self project, and running is no exception. The success of Nike+ is an example of how measuring performance is useful to gaining key insight. For users, they get to understand their running patterns better. For Nike, servers worth of Nike+ data can be turned into strategic business decisions to improve company performance.
Looking at games in education for the classroom, as a teacher you might wonder if it is right for you. So let’s see if we can’t answer that question, shall we? Every child learns differently. This is a fact. Some children learn from reading a book. Some children learn from hands on experiences. Yes, some children even learn from playing video games. In fact, history teaches us that most children do.
We’ve seen a lot of positive feedback for some of Gabe Zichermann‘s 60 Second Solution videos with EntrepreneurMagazine so we decided to start releasing our own Gamification Co series of 60 Second Gamification Tips with Gabe Zichermann!
Every week from now until GSummit SF 2013, we will be releasing a series of short gamification tips to help you on your path to gamification. Watch Gabe’s first tip below:
CodeAr.my has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with human capital development centre, Might-Meteor Advanced Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, to bring the concept of gamification to Information Technology (IT) students in participating Malaysian universities and colleges. Since its unofficial launch at this year’s GSummit, CodeAr.my has established relationships with Stanford University to enhance the platform’s…
Reality Ends Here brings gamification into cinematic production at USC School of Cinematic Arts The education world has been learning how to apply gamification for academia and the USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) is doing just that with SCA Reality. Known also as Reality Ends Here, the project is a collaborative production alternative reality…
Ananth Pai is an elementary school teacher who has two decades of experience in using technology to improve business operations. He has worked in India, Singapore and the United States and is now in his fourth year as a teacher at Matoska International in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. “Mr. Pai, I have a petition and all the…
