Yes, there is growing evidence that gamification, if done right, can be really good for teaching ideas. Zoran Popović [1], a faculty member here at the Universi

Yes, there is growing evidence that gamification, if done right, can be really good for teaching ideas. Zoran Popović [1], a faculty member here at the University of Washington, has been working on these issues for a few years now with his "Center for Game Science" [2]. And at a more advanced level, games like FoldIt [3] are starting to make small dents in difficult problems like protein folding. [1] http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/zoran/ http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/zoran/ [2] http://centerforgamescience.com/ http://centerforgamescience.com/ [3] http://fold.it/portal/ http://fold.it/portal/