{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cybertraps Podcast","title":"Gamification vs. Learning Through Games with Clarence Tan Cybertraps 99","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/05c0724d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1521,"description":"Clarence Tan (Co-Founder) is the Chief Executive Officer and a Co-Founder of Boddle Learning— a gaming platform for education. Clarence Tan graduated from the University of Missouri Kansas City with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. He started his entrepreneurial journey into educational games during his junior year at the university when he started a game development company in Colombia, South America in 2011. Clarence is a veteran in the games industry with over 10+ years of game design experience. He has designed engaging interactive experiences for schools, government institutions, and large corporations. He is also a speaker on classroom gamification at educational conferences such as KCPT(PBS), LearnFest (formerly iPadpalooza), and ISTE.\n Developing games in Colombia\nGame-based learning vs. gamification\nGames are the best medium to reach kids.\nClear goal, know steps to get there. Strong feedback loop.\nKinds of games that work well.\nRewards\nHogwarts competition\nGaming drives certain behaviors.\nLeaderboard works poorly for kids on bottom half.\nUse of random draws for raffle tickets.\nActionable Gamification\nWhat actions will cause kids to be more motivated?\nThe process can always be painful.\nGamification lets you as the user know and track your progress.\nMy performance increased because I could see the improvement.\nWhy gamification is better and more scalable.\nDragonbox\nObviously, we got kicked out of all the schools for that!","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-npbjlTwEpH5Ybi_ySNRhS-EfNqaI7Ep1svTppTGhLE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNTcyLzE2ODM5/MjY0NDktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}