How Gamification Works: Fostering Behavior for Postive Effects (American Corners)

Presentation Slides

Cited Resources:

• Biles, M.L., & Plass, J.L. (2016). Good badges, evil badges? Impact of badge design on learning from games." In Muilenburg, L.Y., & Berge, Z.L. (eds.) Digital badges in education: Trends, issues, and cases (pp. 39-52), New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
• Kim, B. (2014). Understanding gamification. Library Technology Reports, 51(2), 1-36.
• Nicholson, S. (2012) Strategies for meaningful gamification: Concepts behind transformative play and participatory museums. Proceedings of Meaningful Play, Lansing, MI.
• Nicholson, S. (2012). Completing the Experience: Debriefing in Experiential Educational Games. In the Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference on Society and Information Technologies. Winter Garden, Florida:International Institute of Informatics and Systemics. 117-121.

  

Games Discussed:

Gamification in Business

• Kohl’s department store sales
• Moe’s Rock'n Rewards
• CatchAChoo (Kim)
• I Love Bees
• America’s Army

Gamification in Education

• Quest2Learn (Kim)
• Foldit
• EteRNA
Commercial tabletop games for education - see Mayer, B., & Harris, C. (2010). Libraries got game: Aligned learning through modern board games. Chicago: American Library Association.          

Gamification for Health & Safety

• Runtastic/Fitbit/Nike+
• Zombies, Run
• Speed Camera Lottery

Gamification in Libraries and Museums

• Lemontree, Ann Arbor District Library, and Pierce County Library System
• Dewey Dare
• Smithsonian
• Find the Future: Game Trailer and Mini-Documentary

Additional Resources:

• Engaging Millennials with Gamification: Gabe Zichermann at TEDxBroadway
• Changing the Game in Education: Gabe Zichermann at TEDxBerlin 
• The Future of Creativity and Innovation is Gamification: Gabe Zichermann at TEDxVilnius