The opportunity of gamification What is gamification? Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanics in non-game context to engage users in solving problems. However the terms shouldn’t be taken too literal; it is not about actually playing games. Rather it is about combining the principles of games that make them so attractive, namely challenge, sense of purpose, and rewards, with elements that show the level of performance, such as rankings, badges, and leaderboards. Gamification
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whitepaper looks at the root causes of user demands for better, cheaper storage services and IT’s options to meet those demands. In particular, it explains how the shift in value off proprietary hardware and onto open software stacks is happening in storage just as happened over the last decade with server virtualization. Enterprise storage as we have known it for the last four decades is facing significant internal and external pressures. The rapid growth of inexpensive or even free public cloud storage for
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your computer and save it (use “save as”), adding your name to the new file name before filling it out. All of the gray boxes above and below should be appropriately filled in and the document saved again before submitting to the Unit 1 Assignment Dropbox. The name of this course is CS113: Academic Strategies for the Business Professional. There are several sections for this same course with different students enrolled in each section. Each section is designated with a two-digit number. What
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York University College of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Department of Humanities AP/HUMA 1860 6.00 The Nature of Religion: An Introduction Term Y Section A Course Director: Dr. Jason C. Robinson Y: Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Office: 126 Founders CollegeOffice Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment | Email: jasonro@yorku.ca Class Time: Tuesday 4:30-6:30 | Classroom: Curtis Lecture Halls (CLH) C | Tutorial Leaders and Times | Type | Day | | Start Time | Duration
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Gabriel Valadez bus420 December 19, 2013 Course project Gabriel Valadez bus420 December 19, 2013 Course project Successful Product Strategy (Apple iPhone) Background & Current Key facts of Apple iPhone. Steve Jobs and Apple announced on January 2007, the revolutionary iPhone which was released the following June and also marked Apple's entry into the cellular phone marketplace. As described by Steve Jobs as "a wide-screen iPod with hand controls... a revolutionary mobile phone..
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35 points. Assignments must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document and uploaded to the Dropbox for Unit 3. All Assignments are due by Tuesday at 11:59 PM ET of the assigned Unit. NOTE: Assignment problems should not be posted to the Discussion threads. Questions on the Assignment problems should be addressed to the instructor by sending an email or by attending office hours. You must show your work on all problems. If a problem is worth 2 points and you only show the answer, then you will
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recovered. The Beiterman family has offered the management team significant bonuses if they can improve profits during the upturn without exposing the credit union to too much risk. The current manager, Sam Oliver, has been pushing his team to do just that. Introduction Two weeks ago DSO, Inc., a local manufacturing firm, approached Judy Intersan, one of BNB’s loan officers, for a $1,000,000 loan to expand their facilities. The company was seeking
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Congratulations! You have just completed the project charter, scope statement, and WBS. Now that you know what needs to be done, as the Project Manager, you are now ready to begin planning your project. This week, you will have two deliverables to complete for the project. * Using MS Project, create a project schedule and align resources – 35 points * Analyze project schedule and resource allocation: two essay questions – 20 points Please provide these two deliverables (MS Project file
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passages to practice applying the Active Reading Strategies you have learned. Directions: Complete the activity by reading each passage and answering the questions. Do not forget to spell check and proofread your work. When you have completed this activity, please upload it to the Dropbox for this week. Reading #1: The Body’s Response to Stress Whenever we are surprised by a sudden stressor, such as someone swerving into our lane of traffic, the adrenal glands jump into action. Using the
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35 points. Assignments must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document and uploaded to the Dropbox for Unit 6. All Assignments are due by Tuesday at 11:59 PM ET of the assigned Unit. NOTE: Assignment problems should not be posted to the Discussion threads. Questions on the Assignment problems should be addressed to the instructor by sending an email or by attending office hours. You must show your work on all problems. If a problem is worth 2 points and you only show the answer, then you will
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