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Analysing Gamification Elements in Educational Environments Using an Existing Gamification Taxonomy

Toda, Armando M.; Klock, Ana C.T.; Oliveira, Wilk; Palomino, Paula T.; Rodrigues, Luiz; Shi, Lei; Bittencourt, Ig; Gasparini, Isabela; Isotani, Seiji; Cristea, Alexandra I.

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Authors

Armando M. Toda

Ana C.T. Klock

Wilk Oliveira

Paula T. Palomino

Luiz Rodrigues

Lei Shi

Ig Bittencourt

Isabela Gasparini

Seiji Isotani



Abstract

Gamification has been widely employed in the educational domain over the past eight years when the term became a trend. However, the literature states that gamification still lacks formal definitions to support the design and analysis of gamified strategies. This paper analysed the game elements employed in gamified learning environments through a previously proposed and evaluated taxonomy while detailing and expanding this taxonomy. In the current paper, we describe our taxonomy in-depth as well as expand it. Our new structured results demonstrate an extension of the proposed taxonomy which results from this process, is divided into five dimensions, related to the learner and the learning environment. Our main contribution is the detailed taxonomy that can be used to design and evaluate gamification design in learning environments.

Citation

Toda, A. M., Klock, A. C., Oliveira, W., Palomino, P. T., Rodrigues, L., Shi, L., …Cristea, A. I. (2019). Analysing Gamification Elements in Educational Environments Using an Existing Gamification Taxonomy. Smart Learning Environments, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-019-0106-1

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 21, 2019
Online Publication Date Dec 4, 2019
Publication Date 2019
Deposit Date Dec 20, 2019
Publicly Available Date Apr 14, 2021
Journal Smart Learning Environments
Publisher SpringerOpen
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 6
Issue 1
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-019-0106-1

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