gamification
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Duolingo Is an App for Language-Learning, So Why Is It Plagued With Cheaters?
Duolingo, an app designed to teach you other languages through play, is filled to the brim with cheaters. We investigate how this happened.
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Amazon Goes Full Black Mirror By Turning Gruelling Warehouse Work Into A Video Game
Amazon is currently experimenting with a pilot program that turns warehouse jobs into a sort of video game, a system the company claims is meant to break up the monotony of the day-to-day tasks required of its workers but has, conveniently, led to competition among employees to outperform their colleagues, according to reports.
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Teaching Students To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse With Psychology
Playing games is ubiquitous across all cultures and time periods – mainly because most people like playing games. Games involve rules, points, systems, as well as a theme or storyline and can be massively fun and engaging. And there is an increasing body of research that shows “gamification” – where other activities are designed to…