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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...College Quest scores an Epic Win at BMCC
Friday, July 15, 2011
Two CUNY professors, Joe Bisz and Francesco Crocco, recently received a Title V grant to create College Quest, a game-enhanced academic social network, getting things done, and course management application for BMCC. Students will: create an avatar; earn points, levels, and badges for completing course assignments; receive push notifications for deadlines; play skill-building learning games [...]
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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We connect educators from every campus and discipline at CUNY who are interested in games, simulations, and other forms of interactive teaching. We seek to facilitate the pedagogical uses of both digital and non-digital games, improve student success, and encourage research and scholarship in the developing field of games-based learning.
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