Posted On: August 5, 2010
Game Mechanics Can Power Your Instructional Materials
Richard Carey points to an outstanding article by Shane Snow on using game mechanics to power your business over at Mashable.
This rings true in my personal use of social media (see here re Foursquare) as well as in a lot of the thinking that has gone into what will happen to learning materials as they migrate from print to digital.
The one thing missing from the article that I think is a critical element is narrative thread. Here are some comments of on how that applies to education.
Go read Shane's article - you will learn something. Then friend me on Foursquare. You will be pwn'd.
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Comments
Thanks for the shout out. I think we're just at the beginning of seeing game mechanics powering ostensibly non-game web and mobile apps.
As game mechanics use is more widely adopted in business we'll probably see some really bad examples, too, though I predict their use will grow long term for the same reasons we've found them effective in training and education.
Posted by: Richard Carey | August 11, 2010 10:00 AM