by Julie Dirksen
Hey folks, this is a really excellent discussion of the issues and research around using extrinsic rewards as a way to motivate behavior. Chris Hecker is looking at the question through the lens of game design, but it really, really applies to learning design as well. There’s a write-up at the website, and a recording … Read more
This Google Tech Talk from Sebastian Deterding is the best thing I’ve seen so far on the topic of gamification. It’s 50 min, but so worth the time: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZGCPap7GkY]
So I just bumped into Amy Jo Kim’s Gamification Workshop 2010 slides (via Sebastian Deterding). Amy Jo Kim is another of my professional crushes (she’s awesome), and there’s loads of goodness in the slides, but my favorite bit was based on this image about the Player’s Journey: (Image from Amy Jo Kim’s book “Community Building on the … Read more