Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

We probably know this intuitively, but this limited study shows "competition undermined the collaborative turn-taking mode while enhancing cooperative and paired gaming modes, highlighting the need to carefully match collaboration structures with competitive elements in designing game-based learning." Competition does have its benefits - where would we be without sports? - but not everything needs to be defined through success in competition.

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