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Spark | Dec 2, 2012 | 54:00

198: Brontobytes, Babysitters, Gamification

Shantanu Gupta on big, big data. Caitlin Fisher gives a tour of York U's Augmented Reality Lab. Bonnie Stewart on online babysitters. Diane Zorn on turning a philosophy course into a game. Elizabeth Lawley on the gameful design of university life.

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