CodyBeyond Gamification:

The Emergent Academy

Ned Gulley, MathWorks

What is it?

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(Apologies to Allie Brosh of Hyperbole and a Half)

My Talk

1. Contest

2. Cody

3. Learning Platform

Motivation

Contest

leaders

leaders

1 tim

2 carol

3 ericalan.

fcn f(x)

...

view entry

new entry

ned.

fcn f(x)

...

1 ned

2 alan

3 carol

4 eric

Better

Time

Wednesday Monday

Nathan Quinlan

This contest is the most fun it's

possible to have using only a

computer ... and it's even

sharpened up my "real world"

programming skills considerably.

It's one of the most addictive

things I have tried.

A contest that scales

Flow

• Clear goal

• Rapid feedback

• Manageable challenge

(More apologies to Allie Brosh of Hyperbole and a Half)

Regular Expression Golf

Cody Prototype

Cody

All the Answers

Personality

One rail

Two rails

Rising Action

No-no-no-no-yes-AHHH!

Falling Action

Obsession

How do you find out about the

hankel function?

Fibonacci and dramadah

Hacking Fun