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Is this what school will look like? (Photo credit: phatfreemiguel)

2011 brought us the buzzword craze of “gamification” in education, or the quest to make learning online more like a video game. Inspired by FourSquare’s achievement badges as a way of motivating users to check in to l...

(This post is part of a series called “The Connected Class Community”).

Angry Birds smashing UC Berkeley's Sather Tower

A popular reason for exploring gamification in online learning is because we want to increase student engagement with the content. Games are nothing if not engaging, and the very best games can give educators deep insights...