Repair tables, broken vacuum cleaners and posters: Weaving new worlds together in response to breakdowns

Cortez Deacetis

Introduction Repair cafés are a relatively recent phenomenon, places where people come together to repair everyday objects, such as electronic household items, electrical appliances, clothes, toys, and relatively simple means of transportation such as pedal cycles or bicycles. Although they are relatively new—the first repair café was allegedly invented by […]

Physics analogies help gamify classroom quizzes and enhance student learning

Cortez Deacetis

An illustration of challenge-centered gamification connected to move theory and motion in thoughts in which the synthesis of the two theories delivers improved design and style of quizzing of classroom education. Credit: Punyawee Anunpattana from JAIST The strategy of gamification is significantly attaining popularity—tourists frequently touring abroad generate recurrent flier […]