The next time you apply for a job, you may have to play a game on your phone. Gamifying the hiring process is a relatively new trend in the way companies find talented candidates, but it’s gaining ...

Playing a video game is, for most people, a form of escapism. But, as we play these games, we also learn–we learn what the game wants from us to succeed, how to avoid potential pitfalls, and even how ...

In recent years, gamification has risen up the leaderboards as a corporate learning technique. Companies across the country are embracing gamification in their employee training, recruitment, and ...

This article is part of the collection: From School to Shining School: 52 Stories from Educators Across the U.S. Three years ago I flipped my high school math classes, but wasn’t satisfied. Having ...

Inside Michigan Tech's Aging, Cognition and Action Lab, space debris rains down on a screen as players scramble to deflect it ...

As with any instrument, learning the piano can be intimidating when you first start out. But indie developer Plai Technologies is developing an interesting approach to gamifying piano lessons with its ...

On October 1st, the announcement rings out: “It’s time to master those multiplication facts, everyone!” The goal? Memorize them all by Thanksgiving and never forget. But reality teaches us otherwise.

With most maintenance shops offering comparable pay, shop owners and managers must distinguish themselves in other ways to attract and retain labor while motivating them to be as safe, productive, and ...

“People crave feedback on their professional lives,” say Brendan Wallace and Adeyemi Ajao, co-founders and co-CEOs of Identified, a young San Francisco-based startup that has been hard at work at ...

Professional investors will tell anyone that will listen that the biggest part of their job is assessing and accepting risk. This is institutionalized in investing, a known variable that affects ...