The Georgia Institute of Technology is offering a free online course on Accessible Gamification for Business. In this computer science course, the university will investigate this use case closer and derive a new set of patterns that are representation-agnostic.
In this five-week course, applicants will learn how accessibility plays into gamification fundamentals, creating efficiency in business for everyone.
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( votes)Course At A Glance
Length: 5 weeks
Effort: 2-3 hours pw
Subject: Computer Science
Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology and edx
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes, Add a Verified Certificate for $49
Session: Self-Paced
Providers’ Details
The Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as Georgia Tech, is one of the nation’s leading research universities, providing a focused, technologically based education to more than 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
About This Course
In this computer science course, University will investigate this use case closer and derive a new set of patterns that are representation-agnostic. You will learn the fundamentals of Gasification and accessibility, as well as lessons in game development and game design. We will take a look at popular digital games and draw patterns from their game design and game mechanics.
Why Take This Course?
The vast field of Gamification applies techniques and patterns from fundamental mechanics of game design to non-game contexts in order to make business tasks more fun for a user. This can lead to increased efficiency and accuracy and even facilitate better health by reducing exhaustion.
Learning Outcomes
- What Gamification is and how it relates to common business processes.
- Basics of Digital Accessibility and how it interacts with Gamification.
- How to derive Game Design Patterns from popular digital games.
Instructors
Andreas Stiegler
Andreas Stiegler draws from over a decade of game development experience and started research in the area since 2012.
Requirements
Some software development and web development experience.
Bonus: Having played some games will help a lot.
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