Gamification has recently been presented as a successful strategy to engage users, with
potential for online education. However, while the number of publications on gamification …

Context The use of games in software engineering education is not new. However, recent
technologies have provided new opportunities for using games and their elements to …

Underrepresentation of women in computer science (CS) increasingly demands the
necessity to find and enhance current learning engagement approaches to bring more …

Classical teaching–learning methods have been widely used in higher education. However,
current teaching and evaluation methodologies are incorporating dynamic techniques that …

Gamification, as a method of increasing the involvement of people, is used more and more
widely in various areas, including in education processes. Many scientific studies prove the …

The global pandemic of COVID19 demanded that professors rethink teaching strategies
considering the use of online environments due to the social isolation stipulated to reduce …

Modeling is an essential and challenging activity in any engineering environment. It implies
some hard-to-train skills such as abstraction and communication. Teachers, project leaders …

Serious games (SGs) have emerged to improve the commitment and performance of user
players, since they perform an exact mission, integrating with the game mechanics, thus …

The use of games and game elements in software engineering education is not new. In fact,
their use in Software Engineering education is found in research papers since 1974, with a …

Although the goal of scientists is to do science, not to develop software, many scientists have
extended their roles to include software development to their skills. However, since scientists …