Welcome to the Gamification Lab
generic category (in the previous blog, it was ‘gamification’)
Smart Gamification, or Gamification 2.0, is a concept promoted by Amy Jo Kim, CEO of Shufflebrain. In this talk she discusses how to enhance gamification beyond the simple task-and-reward system by thinking more in terms of a comprehensive experience, where Read More …
Gamification Lab at Leuphana University / Centre for Digital Cultures present: Rethinking Gamification A conference/ workshop about the potential and implications of gamification 15th to 17th May 2013 Lüneburg Germany, Leuphana University „Alte Post“ Building Sülztorstrasse, Konferenzraum 332 “Gamification” is Read More …
The CHI 2013 Workshop ‘Designing Gamification‘ will take place in Paris this year on the 28th of April. The organising committee has recently posted the pdf documents of the presentations and papers. You can find interesting proposals and applications of Read More …
If you are interested in Gamification there is an online course by prof. Kevin Werbach at University of Pennsylvania. The course is free (you’ll need to register to Coursera) and pay only if you want to receive a certificate after Read More …
Gabe Zichermann is one of the leading voices in the gamification context. Zichermann approaches gamification as a marketing tool, a strategy to create affiliation with customers and grow a business. In other words, not really a ‘purely academic’ approach, but Read More …
… and what is Penn University suggesting for Gamification to be? Kevin Werbach is the name of they guy, who does an online courses on Gamification. He’ll have a new course in April. Here is the link:
A Workshop about the Potential and Implications of Gamification (Incubator at Leuphana University, Art & Civic Media Lab at the Centre for Digital Cultures) Aims of the Workshop This call is for an initial gathering of scholars, practitioners and creatives to Read More …
The next reading group session on Gamification at Leuphana’s Inkubator will be about Jane McGonigal’s text Reality is Broken. In this TED talk she explained how gaming can save the world… Jane McGonigal TED talk …or at least make it a Read More …
Saving lives with gaming technology Although this CNN video does not directly mention the term ‘gamification’, it gives an idea of the different ways in which gaming technologies and game design are now used for non-gaming purposes. In this specific Read More …