Background. Definitions of gamification tend to vary by person, both in industry and within
academia. One particularly popular lay interpretation, introduced and popularized by Ian …

Throughout history, many have championed the use of play, games, and game-inspired
design to improve the human condition. In the mid-2000s, the confluence of web …

Gamification, the use of game elements in non-game systems, is now established as a
relevant research field in human-computer interaction (HCI). Several empirical studies have …

Abstract Background and Aim Gamefulness is commonly cited as the primary goal of
gamification, a family of approaches employed in education, business, healthcare …

La escasez de estudios en donde se vincule la aplicación de gamificación educativa, con
sus fundamentos teóricos y/o principios, ha llevado al fracaso de la gamificación en …

This literature review seeks to investigate the current research addressing the potential of
creating innovation-fostering environments in businesses through gamification techniques. It …

Gamification has been used in a variety of application domains to promote behaviour
change. Nevertheless, the mechanisms behind it are still not fully understood. Recent …

Despite the emergence of many gameful design methods in the literature, there is a lack of
evaluation methods specific to gameful design. To address this gap, we present a new set of …

This paper describes the development and evaluation of UniCraft: a gamified mobile app
designed to increase the engagement of undergraduate students with the content and …

Gamification is a promising approach to tackle users' infrequent and decreasing use of
health apps. For this purpose, extant research provides developers of health apps with a …