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Games-Based Learning
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Bag Builders, Pool Pushers & Deck Dominators: A Mechanic Deep Dive
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AP Table Talk: Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
AP Table Talk: Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingIn this episode of AP Table Talk, Brian and Dave Eng discuss the concept of deck, bag, and pool building in board ...
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about 11 hours ago
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Applying Self-Determination Theory in Games-Based Learning
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about 13 hours ago
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📱 Why do some tools feel effortless to use - and others get abandoned? Gamification often makes the difference. Learn how it drives behavior in this free course. 🧠
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What is “Gamification?” — University XP
What is “Gamification?”
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about 14 hours ago
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Not Just Points: The Psychology Behind Progression in Games
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about 15 hours ago
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🧠 Want to make learning more engaging-and actually backed by research? The Games-Based Learning Digital Library is your one-stop hub for practical, academic, and innovative content. Built for serious educators. 👉
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Games-Based Learning Digital Library — University XP
Discover the Games-Based Learning Digital Library: research, resources, and tools on gamification, serious games, and learning through play.
https://www.universityxp.com/library
about 17 hours ago
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Achievements in life are a way to commodify what we’ve accomplished. Some can say that achievements are the way that we commemorate a major life moment or event. But achievements in games are different.
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Achievements — University XP
This article will provide an overview of achievements; why they should be used; and how achievements affect the player experience. The article will also review the different types of achievements and their applications. While we recognize achievements in game play; we can also use them for games-based learning applications.
http://www.universityxp.com/blog/2019/11/19/achievements
about 19 hours ago
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StarPower in the Classroom: Gaming Real-World Power Dynamics with Silviana Falcon
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about 21 hours ago
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Learning Games for Teaching, Training, and Education
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What is a learning game?
What is a learning game?On today’s episode we’ll answer the question: “What is a Learning Game?”Using games as a medium for learning is called games based le...
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1 day ago
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Escape Rooms for Learning
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#gaming
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#boardgames
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#games4ed
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Escape Rooms for Learning — University XP
Escape rooms—originating from video games—blend storytelling and teamwork into puzzle-solving adventures. This article explores using them in education: designing them around learning outcomes, fostering collaboration, enhancing engagement, and applying knowledge actively. It also examines escape boxes, digital variants, practical challenges, and the overall impact on student learning experiences.
https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2025/7/7/escape-rooms-for-learning
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🤔 Most people misunderstand gamification. It’s not about games - it’s about designing for behavior. This free course breaks down how it works across education, business, and design. Start here: 🚀
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What is “Gamification?” — University XP
What is “Gamification?”
https://www.universityxp.com/gamification
1 day ago
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What is Analysis Paralysis?
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What is Analysis Paralysis? — University XP
This article will review these characteristics of analysis paralysis as well as how individuals make choices and the framework in which they come to those decisions. The results and solutions to those decisions will be discussed as well as how the overall speed of the process is fluid in the face of players’ motivations, frameworks, and goals.
https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2022/10/25/what-is-analysis-paralysis
1 day ago
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🚀 Need fresh ideas for employee engagement? The Games-Based Learning Digital Library delivers expert-led resources and real-world examples to elevate your L&D strategy. 👉
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Games-Based Learning Digital Library — University XP
Discover the Games-Based Learning Digital Library: research, resources, and tools on gamification, serious games, and learning through play.
https://www.universityxp.com/library
1 day ago
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Graduate students turn tabletop role-playing games into immersive adventures, transforming complex neuroscience and immunology into stories you can play—and learn from
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https://www.the-scientist.com/tabletop-role-playing-games-make-science-an-adventure-74069
1 day ago
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Bag Builders, Pool Pushers & Deck Dominators: A Mechanic Deep Dive
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#gamesbasedlearning
#gamedesign
#gaming
#gamedevelopment
#boardgames
#gamification
#gbl
#games4ed
#gamificationoflearning
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2 days ago
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Do games exist in a “Social Environment?”
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Socializing in Games
Socializing in GamesOn today’s episode we’ll cover socializing games. Games are powerful tools that can be used to help students achieve their learning outco...
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2 days ago
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Examining “abstraction” in games-based learning
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#gamesbasedlearning
#gamedesign
#gaming
#gamedevelopment
#gamification
#gbl
#games4ed
#gamificationoflearning
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2 days ago
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Do games exist in a “Social Environment?”
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Socializing in Games
Socializing in GamesOn today’s episode we’ll cover socializing games. Games are powerful tools that can be used to help students achieve their learning outco...
https://youtu.be/nEd1gWXD2FE?si=UqF9TILICWb5crOB
3 days ago
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🚫 Gamification isn't about manipulation - it’s about understanding what drives human behavior. Learn how to apply it ethically and effectively in this free course. 🌱
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What is “Gamification?” — University XP
What is “Gamification?”
https://www.universityxp.com/gamification
3 days ago
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Examining “abstraction” in games-based learning
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#games
#gamesbasedlearning
#gamedesign
#gaming
#gamedevelopment
#gamification
#gbl
#games4ed
#gamificationoflearning
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3 days ago
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🎮 Need inspiration for your next module? The Games-Based Learning Digital Library has expert-led content, case studies, and strategy guides made for instructional designers. 👉
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Games-Based Learning Digital Library — University XP
Discover the Games-Based Learning Digital Library: research, resources, and tools on gamification, serious games, and learning through play.
https://www.universityxp.com/library
3 days ago
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What if everything you know—your thoughts, your life, your universe—is just pixels in a cosmic video game? Mind = blown. 🎮🧠✨
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https://www.fastcompany.com/91485325/are-we-living-in-a-simulation
3 days ago
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How does Player Interaction affect game play?
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Player Interaction
Player InteractionOn today’s episode we’ll cover Player Interaction. Player interaction is an important characteristic to consider when designing games. The ...
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3 days ago
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Debriefing Games-Based Learning
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#gamedesign
#gaming
#gamedevelopment
#gamification
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#games4ed
#gamificationoflearning
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Debriefing Games-Based Learning — University XP
This article will provide an overview on debriefing as well as the fundamental reasons why debriefing should be included in games-based learning. Games-based learning is part of the experiential learning cycle. So, a connection on this method of teaching and learning will be made as well as how instructors can outline goals for debriefing.
https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2022/2/1/debriefing-games-based-learning
3 days ago
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The “Magic Circle” of Games
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#games4ed
#gamificationoflearning
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What is the “Magic Circle?” — University XP
This article will answer the question “What is the magic circle?” In addition, it’ll address the magic circle as the “separate and special place” in gaming. Characteristics and locations of the magic circle will be discussed as well as how players cross into the magic circle. Players’ rules and roles within the circle as well as their return to “reality” are covered in this article.
https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2020/7/9/what-is-the-magic-circle
3 days ago
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Tech Trees as Teaching Tools: Lessons from Board Games
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4 days ago
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📈 Engagement is not luck - it’s design. Gamification helps create experiences that people actually want to be part of. Explore the core mechanics in this free course. 🛠️
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What is “Gamification?” — University XP
What is “Gamification?”
https://www.universityxp.com/gamification
4 days ago
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Applied Tabletop: Using Board Games to Transform Education with Chris Carbone
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4 days ago
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How do we use “points” for games-based learning?
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#gamesbasedlearning
#gamedesign
#gaming
#gamedevelopment
#gamification
#gbl
#games4ed
#gamificationoflearning
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4 days ago
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✍️ Instructional designers, meet your new go-to. The Games-Based Learning Digital Library makes it easy to source, plan, and build content that gets results and keeps learners hooked. 👉
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Games-Based Learning Digital Library — University XP
Discover the Games-Based Learning Digital Library: research, resources, and tools on gamification, serious games, and learning through play.
https://www.universityxp.com/library
4 days ago
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Nintendo’s secretive genius Shigeru Miyamoto reshaped gaming forever—driven by one rule: if it isn’t fun, it goes
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‘If It Isn’t Fun, It Goes’: Shigeru Miyamoto’s Focus on Play
In her new book, ‘Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play,’ Keza MacDonald goes deeper into Nintendo than any western journalist in the secretive company’s history.
https://www.vulture.com/article/shigeru-miyamoto-game-design-super-nintendo-book-excerpt.html
4 days ago
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Meaningful Choices in Games-Based Learning
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4 days ago
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On Using Games for Learning
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#gamedevelopment
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#games4ed
#gamificationoflearning
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4 days ago
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What is intrinsic motivation?
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What is intrinsic motivation? — University XP
This article defines intrinsic motivation with some examples. This is contrasted with extrinsic motivation: our desire to participate for some sort of external benefit. Both intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation are compared. Intrinsic motivation in games is highly influenced by social pressures. These social pressures also manifest themselves in the workplace and throughout education.
https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2020/9/10/what-is-intrinsic-motivation
4 days ago
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Game On! Learning through experience…
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Experiential Learning: GAME ON! — University XP
This post will go into greater depth as to HOW learning in a games-based learning environment happens. It all starts with constructivism.
https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2016/6/17/experiential-learning-game-on
5 days ago
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🔄 Why do some platforms keep people coming back? Gamification is often the secret. Learn how to design for engagement and motivation in this free course. 🎓
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What is “Gamification?” — University XP
What is “Gamification?”
https://www.universityxp.com/gamification
5 days ago
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Are simulations the same as games?
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#edgames
#edtech
#gamedesign
#gamedevelopment
#games
#games4ed
#gamesbasedlearning
#gamification
#gamificationoflearning
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Simulations vs Games — University XP
Games and simulations are two things that seem talked about in the same circles. Sometimes they even get misinterpreted for one another. They do share some of the same characteristics; but games and simulations are different from one another.
https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2019/6/25/simulations-vs-games
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📐 The secret weapon for instructional designers? The Games-Based Learning Digital Library-packed with proven frameworks, examples, and tools to level up your design process. 👉
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Games-Based Learning Digital Library — University XP
Discover the Games-Based Learning Digital Library: research, resources, and tools on gamification, serious games, and learning through play.
https://www.universityxp.com/library
5 days ago
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Math can’t design your game—but it can shape it. Expectation value meets emotional balance in DC Breakout’s villain abilities. 🎲
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Great Expectations - by Geoff Engelstein - GameTek
Mathematical modeling for game design
https://gametek.substack.com/p/great-expectations
5 days ago
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How Core Dynamics Shape the Strategy and Fun in Board Games
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Designing the Core Dynamics — University XP
The article examines core dynamics in game design, emphasizing their impact on player experiences. Using the Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics (MDA) framework, it defines mechanics as gameplay's foundation and dynamics as behaviors emerging from interactions. Core dynamics, such as racing, collection, and exploration, unify mechanics with aesthetics to engage players and achieve goals.
https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2025/1/14/designing-the-core-dynamics
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Games-based learning seeks to utilize all of these things. Game mechanics can engage users and help them solve problems. Although in games, those problems are contrived challenges
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Why Use Games-Based Learning? — University XP
Games are truly a powerful medium. They engage us and shape us. We play them, and in turn, they help inform how we interpret our own experiences. Games-based learning seeks to utilize all of these things. Game mechanics can engage users and help them solve problems. Although in games, those problems are contrived challenges.
https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2019/4/16/why-use-games-based-learning
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From Card Tables to Corporate Tables: What Games Teach Us About Change with Sarah Le-Fevre
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#gaming
#gamedevelopment
#boardgames
#gamification
#gbl
#games4ed
#gamificationoflearning
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What are games and how do you use them for learning?
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#gamedesign
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#gamedevelopment
#gamification
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#games4ed
#gamificationoflearning
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What is a Game? — University XP
One of the hardest and most difficult questions that can be asked about games is what they are and how they are defined. The answers, responses, and philosophies regarding these big questions are as diverse and varied as those who have sought to define them. Therefore, this article will attempt another take on defining games and discussing their meaning and interaction for the people...
https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2024/4/16/what-is-a-game
6 days ago
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💡 Great design isn’t just functional - it’s motivating. Gamification adds purpose and play to digital systems. Learn the strategy behind it in this free University XP course. 🎮
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What is “Gamification?” — University XP
What is “Gamification?”
https://www.universityxp.com/gamification
6 days ago
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Starting Gaming with your Learners’ Motivations
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#gamedevelopment
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#games4ed
#gamificationoflearning
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6 days ago
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🔧 Designing onboarding, leadership, or training? The Games-Based Learning Digital Library gives you frameworks and content to gamify your sessions-without starting from scratch. 👉
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Games-Based Learning Digital Library — University XP
Discover the Games-Based Learning Digital Library: research, resources, and tools on gamification, serious games, and learning through play.
https://www.universityxp.com/library
6 days ago
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Getting the Most Out of Playtesting
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The Science and Art of Game Balance: Crafting Experiences for Every Player
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Old Mechanics, New Magic: How Trick-Taking Games Stay Fresh
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#boardgames
#gamification
#gbl
#games4ed
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6 days ago
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Rulebooks: Structures for Games
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#games4ed
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What makes a good rule book?
What makes a good rule book?On today’s episode we’ll answer the question: “What makes a good rule book?” Rulebooks are one of the first things that players t...
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7 days ago
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👩🏫 Whether in classrooms or boardrooms, gamification helps people stay motivated and engaged. Learn how it works - and how to apply it - in this free course by University XP. 🎓
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What is “Gamification?” — University XP
What is “Gamification?”
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