At IPON 2026 in Utrecht, educators, developers, and technology professionals gathered to explore the future of teaching. Exhibits featured AI tools that lighten teachers' workloads, virtual reality platforms enabling immersive lessons, and play-based devices that boost learning through games.
Read MoreA recent qualitative study explores how a gamified, personalized mobile application can enhance patient engagement in reducing harmful alcohol consumption. The app integrates game-like elements and adaptive algorithms to create a tailored experience that motivates users to participate actively in their recovery journey. Participants reported that features such as real-time feedback, intuitive design, and peer support networks increased their awareness of drinking habits and encouraged behavioral change. The study highlights the potential of digital interventions to address limitations in traditional treatments, particularly among tech-oriented populations. Researchers emphasize the importance of continued evaluation to ensure safety, effectiveness, and long-term impact in reducing alcohol-related harm.
Read MoreDigital games are increasingly being recognized as powerful tools for education. This article explores how game-based learning can enhance student engagement, improve critical thinking, and foster deeper comprehension. Through real-time feedback, immersive simulations, and dynamic problem-solving scenarios, games provide experiential learning that traditional methods often lack.
Read MoreIn a world dominated by secular gaming, 12-year-old Nazar Balaklytskyi embarks on a quest to find faith-based video games that reflect his Christian values. His search reveals a lack of immersive, high-quality Christian games, with most offerings being simplistic mobile apps or quizzes. With insights from his father, Nazar explores the cultural and technological gaps in faith-driven...
Read MoreSaskatchewan Polytechnic is integrating video games into education to enhance student engagement and skills development. Learning Technology trainer Justin Matheson collaborates with instructors across eight programs to tailor game-based learning to curriculum goals. Games like Portal 2 and Detroit: Become Human help students develop skills in communication, ethical decision-making...
Read MoreWhen Will Coleman was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 17, he and his family struggled to find age-appropriate tools for managing the disease. This inspired his mother, Northeastern professor Leanne Chukoskie, and her Ph.D. student Sundararaman Rengarajan to develop Sugar Slay, an app that uses gamification and biometric tracking to help young adults manage glucose levels.
Read MoreHenry Low '22 discovered a passion for teaching and mentorship as a student at UC Davis. Low is the founder and CEO of GenomiGo, an organization dedicated to harnessing technology to help students engage with STEM. One of his projects is Punnett Farms, an educational game that was inspired by his genetics class at UC Davis.
Read MoreIn Battle Bird-Bot Blowout, Peri Glick, a senior majoring in film and media studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, deploys vintage 128-color NTSC graphics and a nearly 50-year-old programming language to craft a new game for the iconic Atari 2600 console.
Read MoreBridging the Digital Chasm: The Educational Digitization Predicament Amid the global pandemic, educational institutions globally embarked on a frenetic race to digitalize their processes, fueled by the hope that technology would revolutionize education.
Read MoreThe trend of gamification might just be the apex of the neoliberal fantasy rendering work - and everything else - into a series of games that we supposedly enjoy playing for their own sake.
Read MoreTo quote Pink Floyd, "Hey, teacher! Leave those kids alone!" But how can learning be delivered in a way that engages students, encourages memory retention for learners and delivers an overall positive experience to both the learner and the teacher?
Read MoreThe significance of gaming as a tool has been recognized and the concept of 'Gamification' has become a rage across the world with people using game design elements and gaming principles in areas as diverse as learning, marketing, health etc.
Read MoreNearly 40 years after the movie "WarGames," the Pentagon still relies on manual simulation to plan for some of its most important wartime logistics. Esper is an advisor to Defcon AI, which is developing an artificial intelligence system that the Air Force can use to simulate various aspects of military logistics.
Read MoreI argue that the magic circle is not only a metaphor for understanding the boundaries of play; it is a technology that paradoxically erects and disturbs ontological divisions and a ritual technique that enacts as do many forms of magic a "Reciprocal participation between people and things."
Read MoreThere's no escaping the influence of technology these days. It is everywhere around us and has even started to transform the field of education.
Read MoreWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A high-tech startup that uses game-based interventions to help users identify stress- and anxiety-related events in real time and receive a personalized intervention has been awarded a federal grant to partially develop its technology through research at Purdue University's College of Engineering.
Read MoreRegardless, some may say that back in 1912 with the creation of the American Cracker Jack snack, gamification also came to life.
Read MoreWith blockchain's many technical benefits and the compelling force of gamification working together, companies may more easily overcome hurdles and optimize their processes. The impact of crypto and blockchain on gamification. Gamification of blockchain systems is one approach to increasing adoption.
Read MoreGame-based learning is built on the idea of teaching through repetition, failure, and goal achievement which incorporates game features and concepts into the learning activities themselves. Students learning Economics, for example, can compete in a virtual stock-trading competition; difficult science concepts can also be made easier to understand using several games.
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