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XP Replaces Grades in Indianan University Classes

By pete_gallagher

An Assistant Professor in the Department of Telecommunications at the University of Indiana has substituted experience points for grades in two of his classes.

While it helps that the classes in question are game design courses, instructor Lee Sheldon thinks the grading scheme would perform just as well in other curriculum, or even in real-life jobs. Sheldon told IT News that, '…we are teaching the gamer, social networking generation,' adding, 'I have no doubt the students will respond positively to any number of non-game-related classes taught in a similar manner.'

The benefits of such a tactic make learning (or working) more fun. Sheldon said that students in his two classes demonstrated 'far great enthusiasm' than past classes that used a traditional grading method.

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on March 18, 2010 (boomark / email).