What is Gamification all about? If you are new to the topic of Gamification, the videos of Jesse Schell, a game professional game designer, below will tell you WHAT it is and WHY it is so vital now, especially in the context of social media. I hope this will excite you as much as it did excite me!
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Here is some theory links if you are interested
- Sebastian Deterding, et al, From Game Design Elements to Gamefulness: Defining “Gamification”, Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference, 2011 (Academic paper offering a straightforward definition of gamification. I use a chart from this article in one of the lectures.)
- Jesse Schell, Design Outside the Box
, 2010 DICE conference presentation video. (Hilarious and provocative talk about the potential of gamification, which jumpstarted interest in the concept. A clip appears in one of the lectures.) - Deloitte, Gamification: Gaming Gets Serious, Tech Trends 2012 (A nice overview of gamification as a business technique by a major consulting firm.)
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