This introductory article provides basic definitions, concepts and theories surrounding
gamification that are used throughout the remainder of this book. It distinguishes …

Gamification Progress in IS Stefan Stieglitz Christoph Lattemann Susanne Robra-Bissantz
Rüdiger Zarnekow Tobias Brockmann Editors Gamification Using Game Elements in Serious …

Residential water demands vary with a diurnal pattern, and peak hour demands lead to
inefficiencies in the operation and management of urban water distribution systems. Peak …

This paper reports on a study that replaced marks with digital badges in an undergraduate
Initial Teacher Education course. The aim was to examine the impact of badging on …

How can employees be driven to engage in desirable behaviors such as greater
participation in achieving goals, collaboration, and knowledge sharing? How can new …

The recent advent of smart meters to increase the effectiveness of urban Water Demand
Management Strategies (WDM) has allowed water utilities to gather quasi real-time …

Die erste Testkammer von Kapitel 8 in Portal 2 ist auffällig einfach: Der Spieler muss den
einzigen vorhandenen und prominent platzierten Taster betätigen, woraufhin sich die …

The paper presents a critical discussion of badge architectures and an illustrative case
study. We argue that common glosses of badges as simplistic or as extrinsically motivating …

Die Kunst der Überzeugung war schon in der Antike bekannt, damals unter dem Begriff der
Rhetorik. Seit gut zwanzig Jahren allerdings erobert die digitale Variante der Rhetorik …

A report from the World Economic Forum (2019) stated loneliness as the third societal
stressor in the world, mainly in western countries. Moreover, research shows that loneliness …