Gamification is the use of game-design elements and game principals in non-game contexts.
It's been used for years. The Miracle Piano for NES was an early example of teaching a skill (piano playing) and adding gaming elements through the Nintendo. these days, you can use apps like Wave, Duolingo, Foursquare, and FitBit. Each of these provides users with gaming elements to partner with navigating, learning, being places, and getting moving.
Today we dive into Octalysis gamification from Yu-Kai Cho, who is the head of the The Octalysis Group.
Octalysis is unique because it focuses on eight core drives, balances right brained and left brain learning,
If you'd like to learn more, listen to Yu-Kai's Ted Talk on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Qjuegtiyc
