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Gamification: A Walkthrough of How Games Are Shaping Our Lives, Lectures

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The course gives a broad overview of how games and game-related technologies shape our lives. The course enables the student to understand and analyze the pervasiveness of games and game-related technologies in different domains of culture and society, how they affect and shape our behaviours and interactions with the world.

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After completing the course, the students have an overview of e.g. the following topics: - Relevant terminology and background of gamification - Theoretical background, e.g. psychological and behaviour change related aspects of gamification - Design aspects related to gamification - Virtual and game economies - eSports and other forms of games as work - Gamification of media - AR and VR technologies - Gamification of health - Gamification of education

The required materials will be provided on Moodle.

This course aims to enable students to understand and analyze the pervasiveness of games, game-related technologies and games-related phenomena in different domains of culture and society, i.e., to understand how they affect and shape our ideas, behaviors and interactions with the world. By providing analytical concepts and covering the theoretical context, the course provides an overview of the most relevant fields of application of gamification along with the terminology to understand and navigate the study topic. Participation in the lectures is optional. Recordings of lectures will be posted on the moodle after each week.The course assignments are:1) Writing two lecture diaries on select course topics, and peer-review of other students&amp;#39; diaries. 2) Writing an essay (group work) based on the material explored during the course. 3) A seminar presentation of the essay and &nbsp;peer-review of other students&amp;#39; essays. 4) Producing a final version of the essay, based on the peer-reviews.All four need to be passed in order to pass the course.

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