ETS Talk 62: All about Gamification

This week, Brad Kozlek, Chris Stubbs, and I kick off the new format for ETS Talk. The topic for this episode is Gamification: What is it? How is it different from games? Examples of gamification in education and business environments. High-tech and low-tech examples of adding game-like elements. Reasons that different people find games appealing. “Gaming the rules.” … and...

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ETS Talk 25: The Big Show

In The Big Show, Cole, Allan, Brad, and Chris Millet are joined by Scott McDonald from the College of Education to talk about games and game-like elements, simulations, such as SecondLife, and some implications of these for education, as well as open versus closed content delivery, creation, and sharing environments for use in courses at Penn State. ETS Talk 25: The Big Show [ 42:55 ] Play Now

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