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Education Games GamificationJuly 4, 20160Comments

Civilization V in High Schools: How To Motivate Different Students?

The Verge has recently reported that Civilization V is going to be used in North American high schools beginning next Fall. Publisher Take-Two Interactive announced that the modified version will be called CivilizationEDU and will "provide students with the opportunity to think critically and create historical events,…

Design Games GamificationApril 21, 20160Comments

Gameful Design Fundamentals: Challenge, Progression, Rewards

These slides are a summary of the post series focused on better understanding some of the most widely used gameful design elements. If you're interested in reading more, also check the original blog posts: Part 1: Challenge Accepted! The role of challenge for gameful design Part 2: I’m…

Design Games GamificationMarch 31, 20161Comment

Level Up! The role of progression for gameful design

Welcome to the final post in this series focused on better understanding some of the most widely used gameful design elements! This post will address progression, one of the basic design elements to help foster users’ intrinsic motivation from competence and mastery. If you…

Design Games GamificationMarch 9, 20162Comments

I’m in it for the prize! The role of rewards for gameful design

In my previous post, I talked about the important role of challenge as an element for gameful design. Today I will talk about rewards, a game element that is present in many gameful applications. But before you continue, if you did not read part…

Design Games GamificationFebruary 25, 20168Comments

Challenge Accepted! The role of challenge for gameful design

There are dozens of different game elements that can be employed for gameful design, from the most well-known points, badges, and leaderboards, to levels and progression, social interaction, competition, rewards, and many others. But there is one important game element that is perhaps underestimated: …

Games Gamification HCIFebruary 11, 20160Comments

Personalization in Serious Games and Gamified Applications

Personalization in serious games and gamified applications is a new and important research field with several questions that still need to be investigated. Results from initial research suggest that is very important to personalize serious games, but it is yet not clear how to do…

Games Gamification HealthJanuary 31, 20160Comments

4 Interesting Research Informed Games for Health

A profusion of gamified applications and games for health exist or are being developed every day. However, not all of them are informed by quality theoretical or practical research in order to establish the effectiveness of such applications in achieving the proposed goals. Last Fall I had the opportunity…

Conferences Games Gamification HCIOctober 27, 20150Comments

CHI PLAY 2015: HCI, Games, and Gamification

A few weeks ago I attended CHI PLAY 2015, the second edition of the ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. CHI PLAY is an international and interdisciplinary conference for researchers and professionals of all areas of play, games, and human-computer interaction, which…

Games GamificationOctober 16, 20150Comments

The Use of Games and Play to Achieve Real-World Goals

In the last few years, there has been a growing interest in the application of game elements to real-life goals and tasks. These efforts are often directed towards self-improvement, encouraging positive lifestyle changes, and increasing motivation to complete work objectives. The idea of using games…

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