Gamification to educate!
The Gamification is more and more experimented at school.
This post is interesting because many concepts are dealt with: the learning processes, the rewards, the decision mechanisms (Schwartz's theory of assessment)...
Moreover, you can notice that learning is not systematically related to budgets. In that example - but it is also the case of Minecraft - the graphics and pictures are not exceptional; but the core success drivers are respected: a clever gameplay and clear learning objectives....