(graphic courtesy of BigFishGames/blog/stats) The question was recently posed to me on Twitter: How is GAMIFICATION impacting Life Sciences–specifically GENETICS? My answer was simple: In many powerful ways combined with crowd-sourced “citizen scientists”! To follow-up with Abraham, here are a few reference links to information on the GAMIFICATION OF GENETICS The Gamification of Scientific Discovery…
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#EdTech #HigherEd Interview: Kevin Corbett on Higher Ed’s Online Future
One of EdTech’s 50 must-read IT bloggers speaks out on the issues in higher education that are shaping the future. by D. Frank Smith Google+Twitter Frank is a social media journalist for the CDW family of technology magazine websites. Kevin Corbett is an online learning program developer with a keen interest in social media, gamification and mobile learning….
Gamification in Education
Below is a great infographic on Gamification in Education. It is from Knewton Learning. The Gamification in Education infographic emphasizes the amount of time spent by people playing games in other areas of life and begs the question of whether the intrinsic values of gamification can also be incorporated into education, to increase the engagement,…
Sign Language Recognition and Translation with Microsoft Kinect
A video uploaded this week to YouTube by Microsoft Research Asia–via the Institute of Computing Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing Union University, shows (1) visual recognition of sign language and (2) communication via an avatar. A menu on the side shows icons for “ASL” and “CSL”, to which I’ll infer these are for…
Gamification Powerful Tool For STEM
A wonderful article posted today at STEMwire on gamification and game-based learning. Read the original article at: http://stemwire.org/2013/07/15/more-than-just-play-game-based-learning-environments-are-powerful-tools-for-stem/ More than just play: game-based learning environments are powerful tools for STEM Patrick Stinnett, a technology education teacher at Oconomowoc High School, makes sure that students in his Elements of Game Design class understand one thing very…
Games Can and Do Teach
In the Gamification debate The evidence is clear that games can and do teach. We also know that online learning and lectures often do not teach. In the end, it is not the vehicle delivering the instruction that makes the difference, it’s the design. Original Research [DOWNLOAD PDF] Does Game-Based Learning Work? Results from Three…