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The psychology of gamification in education: why rewards matter for learner engagement.

Paradiso

We all know it is there, and that clearly millions of people love gaming, but video games just don’t seem to get everyone excited in the same way that, say, movies do. The reality is that the video game (gamification) industry is twice the size of the movie industry and three times the size of the music industry, going on 2013 figures.

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Time to Sing Loud

CLO Magazine

When a young singer uploaded a video of herself singing one of his compositions to YouTube, he wasn’t simply flattered a fan found his music. Some argue live performances have suffered as people opt to stay home and feast on a buffet of high-quality on-demand video and movies.

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ET and E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

Well, if you thought that was what I was referring to, then you have the wrong blog – I think the movies section is somewhere over there — ET in this case refers to emerging technology. Examples include the ability to create music, play the piano, games, paint and much more. Who likes to “phone home”? .

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Who wants to live forever?

Learning with e's

As Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, claimed at a conference in 2013: ''Post-humans will evolve from our species not via natural selection but by design. As the dying android in the movie Bladerunner says: ''I''ve. Single frame from the movie Bladerunner via Wikimedia Commons Who wants to live forever? Unported License.

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57 PowerPoint Christmas cards to download and share!

BrightCarbon

Even though the design is very minimal, we were able to bring this heart-warming narrative to life using motion and music! “The Christmas classics are already ringing out in supermarkets the world over, so we thought we’d take a musical approach to this year’s holiday card. ” Download the editable PowerPoint file here.

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Top 100 Tools for Learning in 2015

OpenSesame

Be sure to check out our 2013 and 2014 lists to see even more suggestions! Google Drive — Google Drive has made some fantastic changes since we included it on our 2013 list, including more options for how to view your documents, as well as the ability to move files into your Drive within Gmail. All right, so what do you want to do?

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Top 100 Tools for Learning in 2015

OpenSesame

Be sure to check out our 2013 and 2014 lists to see even more suggestions! Google Drive — Google Drive has made some fantastic changes since we included it on our 2013 list, including more options for how to view your documents, as well as the ability to move files into your Drive within Gmail. All right, so what do you want to do?

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