“The street finds its own uses for things” – William Gibson (Burning Chrome)

Design quotes for #lxconf – "The street finds its own uses for things" – William Gibson pic.twitter.com/NnO07qKkMn

— Colin Simpson (@gamerlearner) May 17, 2017

“The street finds its own uses for things” – William Gibson (Burning Chrome)

“The street finds its own uses for things” – William Gibson (Burning Chrome)

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“The street finds its own uses for things” – William Gibson (Burning Chrome)

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Good question Bron and I like your NPC idea Stephen. If teaching is part performance, then surely that is just another part of the act.

My brief take on gamification is that PBL (points, badges, leaderboards) and other kinds of extrinsic motivators can be valuable in getting people started but deeper experiences are needed to sustain learner engagement. I’m interested in the power of…Read More

Hi all, here’s my badge. I think I still need to fiddle around with tiny text but I got to include comic sans, so there’s that.

I made a badge for #lxconf pic.twitter.com/aKWUgzqyb9

— Colin Simpson (@gamerlearner) May 16, 2017

I think that designing with the learner/user/audience in mind is essential. I’ve sometimes needed to remember that what I want as a learner isn’t necessarily what most students want though – I built a wonderfully interactive and rich Moodle site for a course I was teaching that I would’ve absolutely loved to have been taking. The students however weren’t as digiliterate as me though and…Read More