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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

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But even as gamification has become a shorthand for engagement, edtech companies have found it challenging to draw a clear distinction between learning and just having fun. Almost a decade into experiments with gamification, edtech companies are changing the way they approach motivation. Quizizz is embodying this shift.

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Simulations as a Teaching Strategy

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Simulations and games have grown from rote drills using a computer to challenging learning experiences for students that hone problem-solving and critical thinking skills. This is certainly prominent in the workplace, where some 90% of employees say that gamification makes them better at their job and more productive at work.

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Key Digital Innovations for Today’s Education Professionals

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Gamification Dry subject matter coupled with decreasing attention spans means traditional teaching approaches are becoming less effective. Gamification in the classroom can take on various forms. One way of addressing this is by borrowing principles video games use to keep their audiences engaged.

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8 Practical Ways to Use AI in Learning

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3. Gamification. Gamification seems to be one of the most effective approaches we could find, but it wasn’t until AI that we could unlock its full potential. As a part of experiential learning, gamification boosts not only engagement but also retention level of learners. Then again, not all students thrive on gamification.

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Game Based Learning and Gamification in Maths teaching

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Gamification, on the other hand, does not act in general on the way in which a problem is solved, but it is a way of assessing (often, informally) the skills acquired by students: often a prize is raffled off which is given to those who solve a proposed problem in the shortest time or in the most efficient way.

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8 Websites that Explain Elections

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The first five explain elections in general and the next three teach the process through gamification. Cast Your Vote is part of former Supreme Court Justice’s Sandra Day O’Connor’s acclaimed gamification of oft-confusing civics processes with the goal of making them understandable to young learners.

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New Ways to Gamify Learning

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But those webtools exemplify where the gamification of education started. More on SAMR and Gamification. The first thing most teachers think about when discussing gamified learning is the online math games kids play. Maybe Vocabulary.com and its spelling games come to mind next. What more could you ask?