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RIT Adds a “Gaming Layer” to Undergraduate Education
The Rochester Institute of Technology has launched one of the first betas that promises to gamify undergraduate education in a comprehensive way. The initiative’s called “Just Press Play,” and besides having an impressive assemblage of academics, designers, and artists working on the project, they received funding from Microsoft Research Connections to kick the project off. [...]
Continue reading...Using Social Networks to Engage Community
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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Great piece discussing how 4 universities are using social networks to do community outreach: 4 Universities Use Social Networks to Engage Community Gets me thinking about how we can use gamed-up social networks to build community WITHIN the university. Imagine a system where students have avatars, ability meters, and levels, take on “quests” on and [...]
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
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