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In Defense of the Term “Gamification” as used by Learning Professionals

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Recently, on one of my blog postings Design e-Learning Like a Game Developer: Provide Incentives for Good Work , I received a response related to the fact that “gamification” is the easy-way-out and that we need to be careful about extrinsic motivation, that I was not correct in my posting about the use of extrinsic motivation.

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Random Web 2.0 Statistics

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Top US Search Providers October 2009 ) There are more than 85,000 active contributors working on more than 14,000,000 articles in more than 260 languages at Wikipedia. Wikipedia has 10,992,799 registered users, including 1,696 administrators.( ) An estimated 6.8 percent of all search queries in October 2009.(

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Why is 3D so Good for Learning:Episodic Memory

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Here is how Wikipedia defines Episodic memory. The worlds have the visual and temporal-spatial relations to provide a strong, rich association between what you are doing in the event and your long-term memory. The information that you were in Philadelphia for New Years eve celebrating at Penn’s Landing is episodic memory.

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Google Announces "Chrome"

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Here are some articles on the topic: Google Chrome Answers the GreenBorder Mystery Google Chrome, Google's Browser Project (this article provides a great list of features of the Chrome.) And, as to not waste time, Wikipedia has an entry about Chrome.the beauty of Internet speed.

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Pedia Palooza

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Wikis, Blogs and Social Networks Presentation Materials And I have noticed a number of other Social Networking uses in corporate and government arenas focusing on a Wikipedia-style open exchange of information. Also, here is a thought provoking presentation titled Learning from Wikipedia: Open Collaboration within Corporations.

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Game Levels and Scaffolding–They’re Related

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Source Wikipedia: Zone of Proximal Development and “Learning and Instruction:Theory into Practice&# , 3rd Edition by Margaret E. Scaffolding provides support, functions as a learning tool, extends the range of the learner and permits the accomplishment of tasks not otherwise possible.

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

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Used to provide information from experts, tips and techniques, and other valuable audio-delivered information. A group can all edit the same document. Material is time stamped and stamped with user ID. Older versions are archived. Good for group authored ebooks or collaborative projects. Apple University.