Episode 53: 53: Brad Pitt Gets to Contribute

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin revisit gamification in education, talk briefly about the Nest thermostat, then engage in an ever-so-slightly more considered discussion of Wikipedia, attempting to address the mountain of feedback on the topic. No Wikipedians were harmed in the making of this episode.
Links for this episode:No-One Cares About the College Bookstore - Kieran HealyBig Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain - NYTimes.comVerifiability and Truth: What John Siracusa Doesn’t Get About Wikipedia - The WikipedianIgnore all rules - WikipediaGame theory - WikipediaGamification - WikipediaBuild and Analyze #62: Frustrated by the Invisible PersonNest - The Learning ThermostatSelf-Improvement podcast, episode 1: Hypercritical & Dr Karl's BlogcastSponsored by FreshBooks and MailChimp.