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University professor applies game desgin principles to his college classes. No grades. Instead experience points along with quests, crafting and guilds.

Social networking now eats up twice as much of our online time as any other activity. According to new stats from Nielsen, sites like Facebook and Twitter now account for 22.7% of time spent on the web; the next closest activity is online games, which make up 10.2%.

Great site that explores technologies role and affect on today's world. Topics cover digital natives, virtual worlds, gaming, education and more.

A crash course on some of our favorite learning techniques gleaned from cognitive science, learning theory, neuroscience, psychology, and entertainment (including game design).