Re:Gamification: The Key to Re-Engaging High School Dropouts
by PeterisP on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @08:14AM
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Wait, wait - learning any of those skills can surely be done, but it naturally requires motivation, time and engagement.
That's the whole point - if we're expecting employers to use gamification to engage them after hiring, then can we expect them (the majority of them, not the best of them) to learn nontrivial marketable skills on their own before getting that job?
Re:Gamification: The Key to Re-Engaging High School Dropouts
by vdaniuk on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @08:54AM
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Well, programming and coding education is already gamified (codeschool, treehouse) so if gamification works for that target audience it will work at the education stage, too.
That's the whole point - if we're expecting employers to use gamification to engage them after hiring, then can we expect them (the majority of them, not the best of them) to learn nontrivial marketable skills on their own before getting that job?