Gamification is manipulation. Make it fun and people will engage, even if they are getting nothing of value. Then they chase the next bit of valueless fun, then the next....
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Gamification is manipulation. Make it fun and people will engage, even if they are getting nothing of value. Then they chase the next bit of valueless fun, then the next....
Yeah, it has always bugged me. All the way back to Typing Tutor and all the games they added to that.
I wish I had learned to touch type! Perhaps more games were needed?
When I started high school there was an "office skills" course (real office, not MS office at that time) and only girls took it. Secretary class. I wish I had taken it.
It was pretty apparent that computers were going to become important and at the time, PC's hadn't fully embraced the mouse that Apple introduced. I decided learning typing would be a smart move. We used physical typewriters and a book. No games, no fun, just repetition. My sister was actually in my high school class with me. One of the few we had together in our overlapping HS years.
Twins?
No, she is two years older than me.
You are smarter than me.
This is how the girls did it too. It was pretty rudimentary - and worked.!
I'm still a firm believer it is the best way to learn.