https://www.nativebrain.com/2012/06/do-we-need-to-gamify-learning-or-re-learnify-gaming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-we-need-to-gamify-learning-or-re-learnify-gaming The Future is Learning Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 https://www.nativebrain.com/2012/06/do-we-need-to-gamify-learning-or-re-learnify-gaming/#comment-2 Play and Learn Weekly Jul. 7th, 2012 | Classroom Aid Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:25:26 +0000 http://new.nativebrain.com/?p=281#comment-2 [...] Do we need to gamify learning or re-learnify gaming? Instead of trying to badger the brain into submission or to trick it into learning, a more productive strategy would be to design for intrinsic motivation in the first place.  Gaming, after all, basically derives its fun quality from exploiting learning mechanisms without (in most cases) providing substantive learning benefits.  We don’t need to gamify learning so much as we need to re-learnify gaming. [...] [...] Do we need to gamify learning or re-learnify gaming? Instead of trying to badger the brain into submission or to trick it into learning, a more productive strategy would be to design for intrinsic motivation in the first place.  Gaming, after all, basically derives its fun quality from exploiting learning mechanisms without (in most cases) providing substantive learning benefits.  We don’t need to gamify learning so much as we need to re-learnify gaming. [...]

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