Category Archives for "Gamification"
28/09/2018
- in Gamification , News by Kira Downer
From Player to Professional
I’m going to talk about my involvement with Gamification+ over the past few months and how I went from being an intern to paving my way into a fascinating industry.Why gamification?Choosing my electives for my second year of study at the University of Brighton was proving difficult. Until I read the module description for Pete […]
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19/09/2018
- in Case Studies , Gamification by Sofia Usman
Guest Blog Post by TechnoloJen
Injury Recovery: How Gamification Is Helping Patients RecoverThere are a bevy of injury recovery modalities being used today, and one, in particular, looks to be promising. This relatively recent means of injury recovery is gamification, which has been shown to have a “positive impact for health and well-being related interventions” based on a literature review […]
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30/08/2018
- in Gamification , News by Kira Downer
GAMIFICATION+ 2018 Entrepreneurship Prize Awarded
GAMIFICATION+ 2018 Entrepreneurship Prize AwardedOn Friday 3rd August we returned to the Sallis Benny Theater to recognise and celebrate the academic ability of graduates of the University of Brighton. The GAMIFICATION+ prize is awarded for the best entrepreneurship research paper. This year the prize was given to Thomas Harvey who can be seen in the picture […]
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13/07/2018
Online Digital Games and History
This is a guest blog spot by Elias Stouraitis.I first met Elias online, exactly the same way as I have met a lot of people around the world after I started working in gamification. Gamification and games are a global phenomenon that a lot of researchers like Elias are looking into to try and analyse […]
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05/07/2018
- in Gamification by Kira Downer
Workshops, Co-creation and Gamification
IntroductionA workshop is a “training class or seminar in which the participants work individually and/or in groups to solve actual work related tasks to gain hands-on experience” according to BusinessDictionary.com. The way in which a workshop is designed can intimately affect the direction in which the process goes. Many other factors influence this design process […]
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29/05/2018
Gamification in Advertising, our favourite 2018 case studies
Recently I was asked to contribute to an article about the use of gamification in advertising. With the help of our new intern Sofia Usman I did some research and found some interesting case studies.Word about gamification is spreading and of course the marketing and advertising industries were quick to adopt gameful design. Companies have […]
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06/05/2018
The Battle of Polytopia – Finding the right balance
Keep me entertained!In 2017 I did quite a lot of travelling for work and holidays.Long distance flights like Malaysia, Thailand and Japan. If you have ever been on a flight like that you already know that it is not only tiring but quite boring after a certain point. To get over my boredom I decided to […]
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16/01/2018
- in Case Studies , Events , Gamification , News by Vasilis Gkogkidis
What happened at Gamification Europe 2017 – Day 2
Stories and backstage from the international gamification conference of 2017Written by Vasilis Gkogkidis Gamification Europe 2018! Time to talk about day 2 of Gamification Europe! Day 2 was also stuffed with loads of great talks, panels and a fantastic workshop. So let’s start!Melinda JacobsMelinda Jacobs joined us on day 2 to share her experience and […]
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11/01/2018
- in Case Studies , Courses , Events , Gamification , News by Vasilis Gkogkidis
What happened at Gamification Europe 2017 – Day 1
Stories and backstage from the international gamification conference of 2017Written by Vasilis GkogkidisIntroductionThis is hard! It’s very hard trying to write about one of the most intense and fulfilling experiences of your professional life! Gamification Europe has been extremely stressful for me but fulfilling at the same time.Goal of this blog post is to give […]
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13/11/2017
- in Events , Gamification , News by Vasilis Gkogkidis
British Ports explore gamification and best practice
The third meeting of the British Ports Association (BPA) Human Resources and Employment Network took place last week in London. HR specialists from a wide range of UK ports met to discuss common challenges facing the industry, network and hear from a number of guest speakers. Members were joined by Pete Jenkins, founder of Gamification+ Ltd […]
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