Luis von Ahn's Pittsburgh language learning app — the most widely used language learning platform in the world — notable for its gamification design, streak mechanics, and the Duolingo owl meme.
Creates the most successful gamified learning product — Duolingo's streak mechanic, immediate feedback, and bite-sized lessons demonstrated that gamification could produce genuine language learning at massive scale.
Discussing
Ask anything about Duolingo — their ideas, influences, contradictions, legacy.
Sign in to start a conversation.