Who Really Wants Gameification at Work?
The results of a poll by Saatchi & Saatchi have recently been floating around the blogosphere indicating that the majority of people want gameification at work. As with any time an online “expert” makes...
Category: new technology
Twitter vs. Student Engagement and Grades
Student engagement and semester GPA were both improved through the addition of Twitter to a course.
Technical Difficulties Decrease Learning, Motivation in Training
Technical difficulties in training lead to higher attrition rates and reduced learning, all with a clever study design.
How Do We Design Effective Video Games for Learning? (VG Series Part 4/10)
Part 4 of my series examining research evidence for the value of video games. This time: a framework for educational games research.
Is Video Game Research Influenced by the Media? (Part 1/10)
In this 10-part series, I’m reviewing articles in a recent special issue of the Journal of General Psychology on video games across a variety of domains – child-rearing, education, entertainment, and even psychotherapy.
Why Educators and Hackers Don’t Mix
I began today by drafting a comment response to this article by Rey Junco about “why educators must become hackers,” but after I started writing, it became obvious that this deserved a much more complete response.