David Hunter teaches a class that is primarily project based, functioning similar to the way a game works including explicit tasks, consistent feedback, and a single theme: zombies. The curriculum, titled “Zombie-Based Learning: Geography Lessons Set in a Zombie Apocalypse”, replaces the standard textbook with a zombie-based graphic novel and implements aspects of gamification into its lessons.
We are currently looking for an intern to assist the main team with our social media accounts, increasing community reach, and engaging with top thought leaders across different industries. We also need assistance in handling our PR matters to continue spreading the reach of our company within the topics of engagement, loyalty and gamification.
The position is a classic internship with a stipend for support, credit (if available) and an opportunity to learn/develop your skills — and a potential full time gig
Byki (stands for “Before You Know It,”) is a free — premium version available — language-learning application. The software uses a clever combination of animated flash cards and robust gamification, which involves the learner in a multi-sensory vocabulary-building experience.
Download the free version of the application after choosing from an array of 67 languages — Afrikaans to Zulu — and start right in with the basics of situational vocabulary learning, common phrases, asking directions, etc. The gamification element is what makes experience especially unique
The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Join us and have all of your gamification questions answered by these experts.
Our next episode is taking place Thursday – June 27th at 1PM EST, featuring Mark Koerner – VP or Product at Keas.
This past week’s guest was Thomas Hsu, Social Collaboration and Gamification, Accenture. Gabe and Thomas talk about how Accenture first was able to adopt gamification into their collaborative sphere and what Thomas had to go through as an early gamification evangelist into the company. If you’re in a similar position as Thomas in wanting to bring gamification into a large company, this will be a good video to see:
The world is full of issues that we ought to solve. For decades, we have tried to fight hunger, eradicate polio as well as HIV/AIDS, protect the environment and our ecosystem – but somehow final victory always seems to get further and further away. Why is it that in 2013, with all the knowledge, technologies and resources that we possess, we are still struggling to create a better place for the whole world?
This Wednesday, LRN hosts an evening with Rajat Paharia as he discusses the release of his new book, Loyalty 3.0.
Date: June 26
Time: 7:00
Location: LRN Headquarters
745 5th Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10151
Come join Bunchball for the release party!
For most gamifiers, a social media presence is a must-have to promote gamification skills and your services in particular.
Whether offering a software as a service or consulting (check out the list of vendors in the GCo buyers guide), a blog is a must have.
We all know that getting people to read our blogs and keep coming back for more is a tricky behavior to encourage but as with many desired behaviors, gamification certainly can help.
I’ve been using a few simple gamification mechanics for nearly two years to drive repeat, valuable, VIP traffic to my personal blog (GOW). In this post I want to share the approach and learnings with other gamification.co readers.
It’s been a long journey since my first post about gamification here for Gamification Co. After 17 months of reporting, interviewing, writing, and engaging with our awesome community, I am really happy to announce that views for the Gamification.Co blog has broken 1 million views!
A new digital production company, Amplify, is developing software that may very well revolutionize the way students, teachers, and classrooms interact. Amplify has designed a learning platform for tablet devices that effectively empowers students to take a more active role in their education.
Duolingo is a new learning tool that uses gamification to teach and reinforce language learning. Say that you’re a beginning learner and want to build your vocabulary and translation skills. Log into duolingo.com, sign up and begin learning Spanish, French, Portuguese, German or Italian.
The program cleverly incorporates gamification by awarding points for completing vocabulary exercises and keeping track of the learner’s progress through line scales and level badges along the way. Log in each day for new sessions to view previous progress, your current level and to do optional review practice. The website has a desktop version that works on both the Mac and Windows platforms. You can also go mobile and run the learning program on either iPhone or Android devices.
And the best part? It’s all completely free.
One of the questions I’m asked most frequently is: “What are the biggest mistakes/risks/pitfalls of Gamification?” My answer almost always includes a cautionary note about the risks of compelling people to “play” gamified experiences, because using force reduces a sense of agency. This is a trap many companies fall into when they gamify an employee process. No matter how much money they spend building an amazing, engaging system, many HR folks fail to consider how they’ll get users to participate beyond “they have to”, or “this is the new process.”
New gamification research out this week from UPenn’s Wharton Business School puts a spotlight on this thorny question, looking at the efficacy of sales team gamification when it’s optional vs compulsory through a primary research project at a high-growth tech startup. The results indicate that gamification is effective at improving employee satisfaction, but if its compulsory it may actually reduce their overall affect.
To quote the game series Fallout: “War. War never changes.” This may or may not be true to some people, but the Pentagon is at least trying to change cyberwarfare with Plan X.
Plan X is the Pentagon’s brainchild with made by the creators of some Apple products with assistance from the illustrators of the Transformers movies. The goal is to make cyberwarfare easy with a few finger swipes – a mechanism seen in many current casual games.
DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is looking to take all the uncertainty and difficulty out of cyberwarfare. Currently there is too much planning, too many variables, and not enough control. The government wants cyberwarfare to be as simple and predictable as more classical means of war.
The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Join us and have all of your gamification questions answered by these experts.
Our next episode is taking place Thursday – June 20th at 1PM EST, featuring Thomas Hsu of Accenture.
This past week’s guest was Bart Briers, Director of Services and Solutions at CTG Belgium. Gabe and Bart talk about Bart’s approach to gamification consulting, what clients expect from Bart’s services, and even a story about training on a…train. Watch the full interview below to learn more:
I’m a recent convert to HBO’s hit series, Game of Thrones – and binge watching in catch-up mode is a favorite activity in my home on lazy Sundays. Inasmuch as I’m just getting to know the complex, fantastic miniseries, I’m no ice cream or gamification neophyte. So it was with some excitement that I followed Foursquare’s newest promotional tie-in, The Game of Cones.
Since the first GSummit in January of 2011 in San Francisco, we have been sharing presentation materials with the community and world on Slideshare. Today we’re pleased to announce that those slides have been viewed over 1,000,000 times – a milestone we never could have imagined these 3 short years ago. With amazing content from…
