Further on this topic is this research project: http://www.dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/research-proposals.php?show=dmlc-4rg&id=2915
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:39 PM, David Van Assche <[email protected]>wrote: > I spoke about this with several sugarlabs folks a year or so ago. The idea > was to add awards/points to the control panel for completing activities in > various ways. In essence it meant making the OS seem more like a game than > an educational tool. I know it sounds a bit like tricking kids into > learning, but there are ways of doing this that would seem both fun, > intuitive and uninvasive. It seems I'm not the only one thinking about this > approach to educational activities. Here is a link that shows others doing > the same with Android and iOS... It would really be nice to at least revive > a conversation about this, I know at the time we even came up with > screenshots of what such a system might look like. > > Here is the link: http://edudemic.com/2012/01/gamification-classroom/ > > kind regards, > David van Assche >
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