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Erschienen in: Education and Information Technologies 1/2022

01.07.2021

Gamification for educational purposes: What are the factors contributing to varied effectiveness?

verfasst von: Zhanni Luo

Erschienen in: Education and Information Technologies | Ausgabe 1/2022

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Abstract

Gamification refers to the use of game-design elements or mechanisms in non-game contexts to promote the expected behaviours. Though theoretically promising, empirical studies reported mixed results as to the effectiveness of gamification in educational practices. To understand this issue better, this author selected 44 articles on the topic of educational gamification with the use of a bibliometric analysis software HistCite, followed by a descriptive content analysis on these articles. This author examined three issues, including how effective the educational gamification implementations were in previous empirical studies, how the effectiveness has been measured, and what factors contribute to varied effectiveness results. One significant output of the current study is the redefinition of two terms: game elements refer to “the obvious game-like elements that are frequently used in digital games or gamification, which are concrete nouns”, and gamification mechanisms refer to “the underlying guidelines that make gamification activities engaging, which are abstract nouns that relate to humans’ innate psychological needs”. What’s more, the content analysis helped summarise a framework describing what makes gamification engaging, which contains goal, visualisation, immediate feedback, adaptation, challenge, competition, reward, and fun failure. Limitations and suggestions for future studies have been discussed.

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Metadaten
Titel
Gamification for educational purposes: What are the factors contributing to varied effectiveness?
verfasst von
Zhanni Luo
Publikationsdatum
01.07.2021
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Education and Information Technologies / Ausgabe 1/2022
Print ISSN: 1360-2357
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7608
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10642-9

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