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Infographic: The Gamification of Education

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Photo Credit: JD Hancock via Compfight

Here’s how the core attributes of a good learner overlap with a good gamer and how game mechanics can be harnessed to for education. “Game players regularly exhibit persistence, risk-taking, attention to detail, and problem-solving, all behaviors that ideally would be regularly demonstrated in school.” The Education Arcade at MIT. Bear in mind this graphic was produced by New York City-based Knewton, an education company that personalizes learning for students so tracks the start of gamification with Carmen Sandiego (the history detective game) and ends with Knewton’s own product. Other than that, this is a dense overview of the growing landscape for gamified learning.

 

The Gamification of Education Infographic via Knewton.



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