In the recent years, the gamification of learning has emerged to include game-based
thinking and game mechanics within the classroom, serving the purpose of motivating and …

Gamification of education is still evolving. It lacks systematic studies assessing its effect in
different learning contexts. Creating gamified courses is still difficult, since there is a lack of …

Gamification is an approach to motivate users of information systems by implementing game
elements. Despite its potentials, the use of gamification in practice has also received …

In this paper we explore how gamification can be applied to education in order to improve
student engagement. We present a study in which a college course was gamified, by …

Gamification is an established concept to apply game elements in different contexts to
engage and motivate users. Gamification has been successfully used in various use cases …

Motivation can sometimes be a problem for learners, especially when they do not find the
purpose of a learning activity to be clear. Gamification is a recent concept, primarily from the …

Games are not a new concept in learning. Game-based learning, simulations, and serious
games are known pedagogical methods used to build on the inherent playfulness of …

In this paper we present a new gamified learning system called Reflex which builds on our
previous research, placing greater emphasis on variation in learner motivation and …

While social networking has already demonstrated its efficiency in e-learning, gamification,
which is the use of game-thinking and playful design in non-game contexts, has only shown …

Besides game-based learning, gamification is an upcoming trend in education, studied in
various empirical studies and found in many major learning management systems …