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Pahamify combines animation and gamification to engage online students

"We created content around topics related to popular science in a casual and interactive way. As Ph.D. candidates, we were obliged to take teaching classes so we wanted to practice our teaching skills through the channel. The channel grew pretty fast, we even won YouTube NextUp Indonesia in 2017," Fikri told KrASIA. The videos received a lot of comments from students.

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How teachers rose to the challenge of making online learning engaging and fun

In the classroom, Yaritza Villalba used to transform history lessons into fun events like rap battles and speakeasies with root beer and students dressed as 1920s celebrities. With the school year in full swing, teachers around the world are adapting to completely new ways of instructing and engaging with students during the pandemic.

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13 Ways Gamification Can Boost Tech Team Morale And Productivity

Gamification adds game-like elements such as competition, point-scoring and even physical activity to non-game situations to encourage interaction and engagement. In the workplace, gamification not only relieves stress and adds some fun to the workday, but it can also bring many measurable benefits, from speeding processes to encouraging the adoption of new tech and more.

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9 of the best board games to play for fans of science and tech

As crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter have helped lower the barrier to entry for new designers and publishers, there is an increasing variety of games to choose from. Despite being made mainly of cardboard, many new games are complex, memorable and educational experiences - on a par with the most technologically advanced computer-based simulations.

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Invested: How Good Game Mechanics Hook Players

I'm not talking about the technical side of things, like the programming and asset creation, though there is plenty of challenge there; rather, I'm talking about the design itself: creating rulesets, game mechanics, controls and user interfaces, and deciding how much time and money to invest in graphics, audio, narrative, and other aspects of the design.

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Video Games to Relax

Although the neuroscience of video gaming is not conclusive, there may be evidence that the benefits are not just in your head. Recently, a group of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California, Irvine developed Tenacity, a game with the goal of increasing mindfulness.

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