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Beyond Badges: Changing the Gamification Narrative

Gamification is now a household word, but it remains at the top of the lists of emerging technology and expected trends for the future of instructional design. If this is true, how can we take gamification to a level beyond badges and points? This paper argues that narrative is a key element that has not yet been fully realized in gamification, reviewed through its prior successes in entertainment-education, game-based learning, project-based learning, and digital storytelling. It suggests that Alternate Reality Games may be the true future of gamification as we know it today.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/556586
Date05 1900
CreatorsPhillips, B. Janae
ContributorsUA South Educational Technology
PublisherThe University of Arizona.
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
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