Introduction The effectiveness of gamification relies on feedback loops which influence user behavior. Such feedback loops involve (1) measuring behavior, (2) relating it to other behaviors or norms (relevance), (3) “illuminating the path ahead” (consequence) and (4) action [2]. Scores, i.e., quantitative evaluations of behavior in a game, play an essential role in the second stage of this loop...

Practical theology describes a context, interprets what has been discovered, brings in Christian norms, and constructs models of Christian practice. It is a process that involves epistemology and hermeneutics. For practical theology to be transformative, a postfoundational theological framework that allows interdisciplinary work and interpretation of experience in a given context is essential. ...

In modern learning environments, the lecturer or educational designer is often confronted with multi-national student cohorts, requiring special consideration regarding language, cultural norms and taboos, religion, and ethics. Through a somewhat provocative example we demonstrate that taking such factors into account can be essential to avoid embarrassment and harm to individual learners’ cult...

We compute the number of summands in q-averages of norms needed to approximate an Euclidean norm. It turns out that these numbers depend on the norm involved essentially only through the maximal ratio of the norm and the Euclidean norm. Particular attention is given to the case q = ∞ (in which the average is replaced with the maxima). This is closely connected with the behavior of certain famil...