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Gamified learning is medicine wrapped in candy, and in practice children eat the candy and throw the medicine away.

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  1. Scott H. Young

    Canadian writer on learning who taught himself MIT's…

    Gamified learning is a bit like wrapping medicine in candy. Yes, it may help some students swallow some instruction they otherwise find bitter, but in practice it’s easy to pull off the candy, consume it, and throw the medicine away.

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