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Two weeks ago I mentioned research by the Aspen institute around the different needs at different ages for stimulation of our brain for learning. In the same research document, the researchers outlined, the 5 pre-conditions necessary to optimise our ability to develop our brain and…
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Emotions are essential for us to make sense of our environment and the information thrown at us. People we associate with influence on how we process information and whether we even take it on board at all. A research study from the Aspen Institute goes…
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On my travels, I often listen to podcasts and audiobooks. This week I was listening to an interview with Peter Diamandis on the Foundr Podcast. He mentioned that artificial intelligence would eventually make education and healthcare free over time and available to all. The comment sort…
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Is learning a finite or infinite game? Well, the answer depends on the reasons for learning. Most of us are learning new things all the time, often subconsciously and without realising as well as purposefully for a reason. It is the latter I want to…
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We often receive calls from businesses that want to create a game. The distinction between a serious game and gamification is often misunderstood, so it is good to clear this up first. In my world in a serious game, you step into a game environment, in…
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In an era where we want everything on demand and most things can be delivered that way, repetition is often considered as a boring unnecessary thing to do. However in the field of learning, repetition is what creates mastery of any skill. Think of it…
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On my travels in Malaysia, I met with the founders of Zap Zap Math. They showed me their awesome maths games application and we exchanged ideas on learning related gamification. The application is fully game based and was designed from a maths teacher point of…
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Over the Christmas period I connected with the development team from Wrainbo, who kindly gave me access to their game based learning tool. Then I also had a demo of the more advanced levels and spoke to Duke Wong the co-foudner and CEO. The Business…
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Gamification stuff we love: Rework – future of education Earlier this week I attended the RE:work Future of education event under the banner of #edtech. It was absolutely refreshing to see how innovative minds are designing ways to engage with students across the education curriculum….
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Gamification Stuff we love: mLevel – game based learning platform Over the past week I had the chance to test out the game based learning platform MLevel and I also got a tour behind the scenes how the back-end would work, if I was an…
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Gamification campaigns we love: Global Learning X-prize Every so often campaigns pass by that really stir you for a bit of epic meaning and the XPrize is a clear example of using game elements not only to select great causes but also then linking it…
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Gamification Stuff We Love: Coursera course: Online Games – Literature, New Media and Narrative With a keen interest in both the world of learning as well as gamification, I stumbled across the Coursera program called Online Games: Literature, New Media and Narrative, which delves deeper…
