Jane Mcgonigal: A Summary

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Game designer, Jane McGonigal argues that gamification is notable that it can achieve great impacts on the combination of many other non-game sectors, for instance, Foursquare is hugely successful mobile service combining location information and game element for marketing purpose, likewise the worldwide environmental problem like global warming can be solved with gamification. Gamification has already used in various kinds of business areas. Social network services like Facebook, twitter and Linked-in also use the methodology of designing gamification for service innovation to encourage users to be more engage the service. Eco Island uses gamification for educational purpose how we reduce pollution and make our environment

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