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Feb 22, 2012

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GAMES FOR EVERYTHING: A gamification infographic from Knewton based on an MIT paper "Moving Learning Games Forward" offers some eye-opening possibilities for using current games for educational purposes. For instance, Tony was not aware that Animal Crossing could be analyzed as an expression of late-20th century capitalism.

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