Gamification beyond badges

Author

Botra, Adele ; Rerselman, Marlien ; Ford, Merryl

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput., Meraka Inst., UNISA, Tshwane, South Africa

fYear

2014

fDate

7-9 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

Gamification in education refers to the application of game dynamics, mechanics into the teaching and learning engagement. This paper makes a case for viewing the objective of Educational Gamification as a Gameful Educational User Experience. In an effort to facilitate the integration of tablets in the teaching and learning environment of rural schools, gamification was used as one of the design tenets to engage and motivate teachers. The Gamification of the ICT4RED Teacher Professional Development Course as an instance of the Mobile Learning Curriculum implemented is outlined through the UX lens of the user, system and context.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; educational courses; mobile computing; notebook computers; serious games (computing); teacher training; ICT4RED teacher professional development course; UX lens; educational gamification; game dynamics; gameful educational user experience; learning engagement; mobile learning curriculum; rural schools; tablets integration; teaching engagement; Complexity theory; Context; Educational institutions; Games; Mobile communication; Usability; Educational Gamification; Gameful Educational User Experience; Gamification; Mobile Learning Curriculum; Rural Education; Teacher Professional Development; User Experience (UX);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IST-Africa Conference Proceedings, 2014

Conference_Location

Le Meridien Ile Maurice

Print_ISBN

978-1-905824-43-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880651

Filename

6880651