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34. Citizen Science and the science of gamification
Manage episode 291115202 series 2508237
What's the science behind apps like Duolingo and Yousician? Gamification! And what happens when you apply this science to ... scientific discoveries?
Join Dodi and Conor and their guests, Zoran Popovic, University of Washington and Helen Spiers, Zooniverse.
Reading material:
- https://www.geekwire.com/2020/protein-puzzle-game-called-foldit-turns-99-promising-ways-confound-coronavirus/
- https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1412171/1/p79-eveleigh.pdf
- https://dragonbox.com/about/algebra-challenge
- https://stemforall2020.videohall.com/presentations/1810
Keywords: game, gamification, protein, puzzles, Foldit, Zooniverse, COVID, MOSAK, dopamine, Endoplasmic Reticulum.
93 episodes
Manage episode 291115202 series 2508237
What's the science behind apps like Duolingo and Yousician? Gamification! And what happens when you apply this science to ... scientific discoveries?
Join Dodi and Conor and their guests, Zoran Popovic, University of Washington and Helen Spiers, Zooniverse.
Reading material:
- https://www.geekwire.com/2020/protein-puzzle-game-called-foldit-turns-99-promising-ways-confound-coronavirus/
- https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1412171/1/p79-eveleigh.pdf
- https://dragonbox.com/about/algebra-challenge
- https://stemforall2020.videohall.com/presentations/1810
Keywords: game, gamification, protein, puzzles, Foldit, Zooniverse, COVID, MOSAK, dopamine, Endoplasmic Reticulum.
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