I believe that it may be more useful to figure out what makes learning “not fun” than to try to find ways to make it “fun”. For me, this largely boils down to

I believe that it may be more useful to figure out what makes learning “not fun” than to try to find ways to make it “fun”. For me, this largely boils down to whether the subject is being taught within an applicable context or not – for instance, I find it quite dry and unfun to try to learn CS concepts for their own sake, whereas if I’m learning them because they’re needed for my current project they’re quite interesting. This varies from person to person but my impression is that many people are like myself in this aspect.