Category Archives for "Gamification"
20/03/2017
How Games Work – The Path To Luma
Today I will talk about The Path To Luma The Path to Luma is a game that talks about the environment and how we can reverse the damage done to it. Humans have been using natural resources like they will never end. We have been cutting down trees, throwing plastic in the oceans and producing carbon […]
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08/03/2017
How Games Work – Journey
Introduction Today I will talk about Journey. First time I heard about Journey was from Pete during his elective at the University of Brighton. I immediately knew I would like to try this game out. It looked very pleasing aesthetically and it was supposed to have a great story, two elements that always draw me into a game. […]
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15/02/2017
Will Gamification Continue To Be Important In 2017?
The increase in demand for engaging learning content and effective training processes will be the key reasons why gamification will continue to be a significant business approach in 2017. Even though some experts continue to question the capabilities of gamification, they are beginning to accept the approach because of its results. It has been proven […]
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06/02/2017
Small Gamification Part 5: The Chopin Bench
Today I will talk about the Chopin Bench themed after the famous classical composer Frederik Chopin. The Chopin Bench is a very well designed gamification project that you can find on the streets of Warsaw and gives you information on the composer and the city of Warsaw.When you press the play button, Chopin music starts playing […]
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31/01/2017
Small Gamification Part 4: EM Strasbourg Business School
Following up on the FedEx gamified charging station, I want to talk about a great small gamification example in a public space that I have experienced. In January 2016 I visited the EM Strasbourg Business School as part of an educational trip organised by the University of Brighton. One of the first things I noticed walking […]
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23/01/2017
Small Gamification Part 3: FedEx Charging Station
Introduction Coming back for our third part on small gamification I want to talk about gamification in public spaces. This is a topic that I find really fascinating as it addresses one of mankind’s main drives, curiosity. When you are in a city or area that you know there is some kind of public gamification and […]
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06/01/2017
Small Gamification Part 2: Todoist Karma
Today I want to talk about an application named Todoist that can help us boost our everyday productivity and motivation. Todoist is a project management application used to help users monitor their productivity. It’s a cross platform application which means that it will run on your smartphone, tablet and computer. The basic premise of the app […]
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29/12/2016
How to gamify corporate learning: Ready4Tomorrow
Introduction I am very happy to talk to you today about a gamification project that managed to engage and educate almost 300 employees over a 3-month period achieving all the business goals set and making a real impact in an organisation! On the 28th of November I attended the 8th gamification meetup in Athens, Greece. Presenting at this […]
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15/12/2016
- in Gamification by Shane Fumagall
Behaviour Change with Gamification
Rebekah Russell-Bennett came to the University of Brighton on the 13th of December to discuss how gamification can be used to effectively change behaviour in gamification. Her project was a 6.5 million dollar project, working with the Australian Government to try and reduce people’s electricity usage. This falls under the category of social gamification, i.e. […]
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14/12/2016
Small Gamification Part 1: Bonusly
At the Gamification World Conference 2016 Pete Jenkins presented his idea on small gamification. Pete’s presentation demonstrated the fact that gamification is not just for organisations with big budgets and millions to spend on gamification. Gamification is possible for smaller organisations as well. There are affordable solutions that can be used to help smaller companies […]
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