I pay close attention to a googlegroup focused on Open Badges (started by a project group at Mozilla Foundation). In the past week, a post there by Kots to a particular discussion topic caught my eye:
I've been coming across the word "gamification".
I think this is becoming a very very popular trend!
But alas, I would be so so happy to see these "games" offered to...
well...lost 21 year old souls such as myself. There are so many perks for K-12 'students'
and so many badge opportunities. I grew up playing games, loved them, always will be a gamer.
I wish all this was happening when I was dragging my feet through high school, all I recall there
being as a form of hope was that running start crap and construction apprenticeships!
If you could design some games that would grant 'non-students' some educational perks then,
Nushio, you are my hero and I love you!!!!
Designers yearn for input from users. Designers of products and services delivered online have a special challenge in that we are distant from our users in the same ways as traditional product designers, yet we are close to our users because of the nature of the Internet and social media. When a user goes to the trouble to reach out to us designers, we must take note.
Thanks, Kots.
