Designing for Wellbeing-as-Interaction

Rodgers, Shannon; Ploderer, Bernd; Maloney, Brittany; Hang, Jason

doi:10.1145/3290607.3312901

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“…• E2) Poor well-being (CA=487, SSI=11). According to the literature, well-being is an umbrella term that refers to an individual's life satisfaction, positive emotions, and lack of stress or physical tension [18,33,97,126]. In the context of this definition, our emergent second theme focuses on the negative impacts of gamification misuse on user well-being.…”

Section: User Experience and Perceptions (Rq1)mentioning

confidence: 99%

When Gamification Spoils Your Learning: A Qualitative Case Study of Gamification Misuse in a Language-Learning App

Mogavi,

Guo,

Zhang

et al. 2022

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More and more learning apps like Duolingo are using some form of gamification (e.g., badges, points, and leaderboards) to enhance user learning. However, they are not always successful. Gamification misuse is a phenomenon that occurs when users become too fixated on gamification and get distracted from learning. This undesirable phenomenon wastes users' precious time and negatively impacts their learning performance. However, there has been little research in the literature to understand gamification misuse and inform future gamification designs. Therefore, this paper aims to fill this knowledge gap by conducting the first extensive qualitative research on gamification misuse in a popular learning app called Duolingo. Duolingo is currently the world's most downloaded learning app used to learn languages. This study consists of two phases: (I) a content analysis of data from Duolingo forums (from the past nine years) and (II) semi-structured interviews with 15 international Duolingo users. Our research contributes to the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Learning at Scale (L@S) research communities in three ways: (1) elaborating the ramifications of gamification misuse on user learning, well-being, and ethics, (2) identifying the most common reasons for gamification misuse (e.g., competitiveness, overindulgence in playfulness, and herding), and (3) providing designers with practical suggestions to prevent (or mitigate) the occurrence of gamification misuse in their future designs of gamified learning apps.

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Section: User Experience and Perceptions (Rq1)mentioning

confidence: 99%

When Gamification Spoils Your Learning: A Qualitative Case Study of Gamification Misuse in a Language-Learning App

Mogavi,

Guo,

Zhang

et al. 2022

Preprint

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“…Our investigation of homesickness contributes to the HCI literature on technology use by students for wellbeing and mental health. Prior work has investigated the design of technology to support the wellbeing of students, focusing on topics such as social interaction during mealtimes [73], collaborative expressions of mood [50], improving sleep quality [49] or enhancing stress management capabilities [34]. Other studies have explored the design of tailored solutions including mobile games to address frustration and anxiety [35] and virtual reality systems to encourage exercise [48].…”

Section: Supporting Student Wellbeingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“It’s About Missing Much More Than the People”: How Students use Digital Technologies to Alleviate Homesickness

Kelly

Cheng

McKay

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Homesickness, which refers to feelings of distress caused by separation from home, is prevalent among university-aged students. Chronic homesickness can exacerbate mood problems, erode academic performance and lead to dropout from school. The present research examines how students use digital technologies to resolve the experience of missing home. Qualitative interviews and diaries with 50 students at major Australian universities revealed that technologies play a significant role in alleviating homesickness. Specifically, students use technologies to acquire social contact, find help and support, build co-presence to recreate their home, connect with culture, experience distant places, and regulate emotions. However, the use of technology sometimes led to increased emotional labour, frequent exposure to homesickness triggers, and heightened perceptions of distance. We conclude by discussing possible design implications for new technologies that allow students to alleviate homesickness by experiencing their home from afar.

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“…Hold [43], Forest [38], StayFocusd [86], Cold Turkey [90])aiming to help users be more focused on their time in the physical world, such as for work or spending quality time with friends. Most recently, these rising concerns have sparked a new field of exploring 'digital wellbeing' in HCI research aiming for more positive experiences with technology [10,13,79].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping the Scope of Software Interventions for Moderate Internet Use on Mobile Devices

Hill

Widdicks

Hazas

2020

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability

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ICT is expected to form 21% of global electricity demand in 2030, and history has shown that efficiency gains in Internet infrastructure aiming to curtail such impacts are far outstripped by the growth in data traffic. We need to reduce demand for Internet connectivity, yet encouraging moderate interactions with digital devices and online services could potentially benefit users. HCI designs have been suggested for moderate interactions and Internet usage, most commonly on smartphones-but it's currently unclear whether these interventions can actually be implemented and tested to understand the user and environmental impacts. In this paper, we review features for understanding and manipulating data traffic in accordance with the stock Android and iOS development libraries to better scope the potential for implementing moderate and sustainable digital experiences. Specifically, we outline the intervention features plausible for Android implementation, and we provide reasoning for why iOS is currently too restrictive. We hope our analysis will break down barriers for researchers interested in this work, or make it easier for them to consider sustainability in their own device or service interventions. We also discuss opportunities for better data traffic consideration in mobile operating systems by 2030. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Ubiquitous and mobile devices; • Software and its engineering;

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Designing for Wellbeing-as-Interaction

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

When Gamification Spoils Your Learning: A Qualitative Case Study of Gamification Misuse in a Language-Learning App

When Gamification Spoils Your Learning: A Qualitative Case Study of Gamification Misuse in a Language-Learning App

“It’s About Missing Much More Than the People”: How Students use Digital Technologies to Alleviate Homesickness

Mapping the Scope of Software Interventions for Moderate Internet Use on Mobile Devices

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