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Spark | Nov 26, 2012 | 28:37

Bonus: Gamification of University Life

Nora Young speaks with Elizabeth Lawley. She's a professor of interactive games and media, and head of "Just Press Play" at the Rochester Institute of Technology. They talk about adding a "game layer" to education.

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