Gamification is more than a trend—educators in all domains are realizing the power of games to engage learners. By making training more stimulating, gamification ratchets up knowledge transfer and retention while securing the buy-in that is so often difficult to get from trainees.
Read MoreAs instructors and designers, we’ve experienced firsthand the power of gamification. We know both instinctively and practically what it can do. And it turns out our impressions are correct. The evidence base for gamification is now well established, along with best practices for its application.
Read MoreFor most of us, gaming isn’t a new idea. Surveys show that over 75 percent of us are regular gamers—whether those games are online puzzles, first-person shooters, medieval role-playing games, or word games. So we know what a game is: an entertaining activity that is played according to rules and often involves skill building.
But what’s gamification then?
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