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The Journal of Accountancy podcast discusses the key issues facing the accounting profession.

Nov 12, 2020

Kelly Richmond Pope, CPA, CGMA, Ph.D., is an accountant and a professor. She’s also a storyteller and TEDx speaker. Keeping people engaged is a better way to educate, said Pope, an associate professor at DePaul University’s School of Accountancy and MIS in Chicago. In this episode, Pope discusses another way to keep learners engaged: gamification. Turning learning into a game helps with the recall and understanding of new concepts, whether in a college classroom or continuing professional education for accountants.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

  • Examples of gamification that are already part of our daily lives.
  • How learning to drive a stick-shift car applies to gamification.
  • Why gamification is not just for younger generations.
  • How COVID-19 has disrupted traditional CPE and how virtual meetings could be better for learning in some cases.
  • How a speaker’s style can help maximize learning through PowerPoint slide presentations.
  • The ways organizations can gamify CPE-worthy content such as podcasts or TED Talks.