As we move into our next installment of GSummit (June 10-13 in San Francisco), we look at our past GSummit speakers and experts that have helped shape the user engagement space. This week’s spotlight Gamification Expert is Kevin Werbach–Associate Professor at The Wharton School at UPenn and teacher in the massively successful online Gamification Class on…
Surely you must’ve heard of Kevin Werbach’s Coursera Course on gamification? (The next Coursera semester starts Jan 27th 2014)
Gamification is a hot growth industry, with billions of dollars in revenue and thousands of new jobs set to be created in the next decade. To accomplish this, organizations of all kinds will need to train and educate leaders of tomorrow on this critical discipline. But how do you teach a topic where core concepts are in a state of flux, examples and patterns are evolving rapidly and learners expect the entire experience to be fun and rewarding? Join Professor Werbach, teacher of the massively successful #Gamification12 MOOC as he discusses the hard-won lessons of teaching Gamification — and how this understanding can make any training, education or development process more successful for your organization. In this GSummit 2013 video expect to learn
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Coursera is hard at work transforming post-secondary education through its innovative partnerships and use of MOOC (Massively Online Open Course) approaches. Behind their breakneck success is the desire of learners around the world to progress in their own lives and achieve something greater than themselves. In this insightful session from GSummit SF 2013, Julia Stiglitz and Pamela Fox will share Coursera’s insights about the need for progress, what drives user behavior in a lifelong learning context, and how to deliver this sense of achievement intrinsically.
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The use of gamification is slowly gaining traction in the enterprise sector as the corporate workforce is warming up to the ideas of blending fun and engagement into the workplace. Unsurprisingly, this similar scenario is occurring within the education sector as well. Recent groundbreaking developments such as the use of collaborative platforms and massively online open courses purposes has redefined the traditional sense of education and teaching methodologies. With all this in mind, it leaves many to questions like how do we make sense of these developments, what does it mean for the future of learning and how does this affect the enterprise realm. However, fret not dear readers, as GSummit has an amazing line up of speakers to address these hot topics; here are some of our top picks for education gamification sessions.
Coursera was a very integral part in growing the gamification community in 2012, largely due in part to Kevin Werbach’s class on gamification. However, Couresera’s ability to have effectively delivered a strong massive open online course (MOOC) is a testament to its ability to appeal to everyone’s intrinsic desires to learn. Its hard to believe how a system could appeal to 12 thousand students interested in gamification and have them complete 7 weeks of lectures, homeworks, and testing to receive a small certificate of completion. Coursera is doing something right and Julia Stiglitz is part of that team making it happen.
Each week on the Gamification Revolution web show, Gabe Zichermann answers all your burning gamification questions LIVE every Monday at 1pm ET/10am PT/1800 GMT at http://gamification.co/live. This week’s show features Kevin Werbach, Professor at the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania and professor of the Coursera Gamification Course. Here’s a rundown on some of the topics they spoke about:…
Did you receive a certificate of completion for scoring 70% or above in the Coursera Gamification Course? If so, bolster that achievement by getting an Engagement Alliance Gamification Certification at Level One. This certification includes: A graphic you can display on your website/Linkedin profile letting everyone know you have completed the basic knowledge requirements for gamified…
Hello #gamification12 students! It’s all over isn’t it? It has been an amazing journey looking at the beginnings of gamification to the bright future we are at now. We are still seeking some user-accounts about their experiences with the course and would love to talk about them here. Send us an email and you can find yourself on the…
Hello #gamification12 students! The final exam has been extended to this Wednesday, October 10 so you get some more time to study for that certification. Below is the review for Week 5. This review covers all the practical uses for gamification across multiple industries. For the students who have finished the course, we would love to have a conversation…
Hello #gamification12 students! Welcome to the last week of the course, the home stretch. If you were me, you would wish there were a couple more weeks to this course. A huge thanks to Prof. Kevin Werbach for putting together the course. We owe it all to him! Thanks! Below is the review for Week 4. Just to recap, week 4 focuses…
Hello gamification students! Below is the study guide for week 3 of the Coursera gamification class. If you haven’t seen any statistics for the class at this point, they have been pretty astounding so far: Approximately 10,700 students successfully submitted Written Assignment 2. This compares to 12,800 submitting Written Assignment 1. Over 43,000 students have…
Coursera Gamification Class – Week 2 Hope the transition out of Summer isn’t getting you too down and out! We received a ton of positive feedback for our first study guide and are pleased to provide our lovely readers with our second week’s study guide. Keep up the hard work with the Coursera courses and…
Coursera Gamification Class – Week 1 Need a bit of reading material to supplement your weekly Coursera video lessons on gamification? We will be covering each week’s lecture with some note summaries to assist with studying for your gamification lectures. Embedded below are the notes summarizing each part of week 1 with some additional commentary…
