Top Talks for Education Gamification at GSummit 2013 SF

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.

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Prominent Gamifiers: Julia Stiglitz and Coursera

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.

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