How to merge gamification efforts for programming and modelling: a tool implementation perspective

Bucchiarone, Antonio; Cicchetti, Antonio; Bassanelli, Simone; Marconi, Annapaola

doi:10.1109/models-c53483.2021.00116

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“…PapyGame [2] is a gami ed software, developed to help master degree students in Computer Science in learning speci c modeling aspects using Papyrus for UML [Bucchiarone et al, 2020]. This has been possible by extending the Papyrus [3] modeling tool with gami cation features.…”

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“…This has been possible by extending the Papyrus [3] modeling tool with gami cation features. See Bucchiarone and colleagues [Bucchiarone et al, 2021, Bucchiarone et al, 2020 for further informations on PapyGame.…”

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“…In view of the literature and what was brie y described in the previous section, it follows that: (1) fun is fundamental in learning and the effectiveness of educational games derives from the combination of learning and fun; (2) there is no clear and unambiguous de nition of fun, and there is still confusion between fun and other constructs that are more or less closely related to fun. This makes it more di cult to design and subsequently evaluate educational games; (3) little is known about guidelines for designing effective educational games and gami ed tools.…”

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The relationship between fun and the overall score of the MEEGA360 scale

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Fun plays a significant role in learning. Given its positive impact on education, the role of fun has often been investigated in the context of gamification and educational games. An important problem with the study of the role of fun in learning is the lack of consistency in the assessment. There are a few existing tools for the evaluation of fun alone, but it is rarely assessed along with the other features of usability and gaming experience on a single scale. With the intent to fill this gap, we present MEEGA360, a modified version of the MEEGA + scale. Strengths and limits of the MEEGA + scale will be described, along with our solutions, and a first application.

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“…This approach uses game elements to enhance non entertainment applications to foster behavioral change, engagement, motivation, and soliciting participation in activities (Dicheva et al, 2019;Paiva, Leal, & Queir ós, 2020;Ryan et al, 2006). Its further dissemination began in 2011, after the publication of several documents (Deterding, Dixon, Khaled, & Nacke, 2011;Deterding, Sicart, Nacke, O'Hara, & Dixon, 2011;Huotari & Hamari, 2012;Zichermann & Cunningham, 2011), gaining popularity and rapidly spreading in a wide range of domains that benefit from the increased engagement of their target users (Koivisto & Hamari, 2019) such as health and environmental awareness (D. Marconi, Schiavo, Zancanaro, Valetto, & Pistore, 2018;Rajani, Mastellos, & Filippidis, 2021;Vieira et al, 2012), e-banking (Rodrigues, Costa, & Oliveira, 2016), software engineering (Pedreira, García, Brisaboa, & Piattini, 2015), education and training (Bucchiarone, Cicchetti, Bassanelli, & Marconi, 2021;Cosentino, Gérard, & Cabot, 2017;Dicheva et al, 2019;Kim, Song, Lockee, & Burton, 2018;Lee & Hammer, 2011), everyday challenges (Vassileva, 2012), and so forth.…”

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Gamification for behavior change: a scientometric review

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Gamification, which refers to the use of game design elements in non-game contexts, provides similar experiences and motivations as games do; this makes gamification a useful approach to promote positive behaviors. As a useful tool for keeping users motivated, engaged and active, there is a wide interest in adopting gamification solutions for supporting and promoting positive behaviors and behavior change (e.g. quit smoking, ecological behaviors, food choices, civic engagement, mental healthcare, sustainability, etc.). In this study, we use the CiteSpace software to examine 984 publications and their 46,609 unique references on gamification applied for behavior change. The corpus of studies was downloaded from the Scopus database and refers to studies published between 2011 and the beginning of 2022. Several methods were used to analyze these data: (1) document co-citation analysis (DCA) was performed to identify the pivotal researches and the research areas; (2) author co-citation analysis (ACA) was performed to identify the main authors; (3) and keyword analysis was performed to detect the most influential keywords and their change over time. The results of the analysis provide an overview of the influential documents, authors and keywords that have given shape to the literature of the field, and how it has evolved, showing an initial interest in motivational and persuasion techniques, and in the gamification design, and subsequently in the development of more rigorous methodologies for both design and use. As the first scientometric review of gamification applied to behavior change, this study will be of interest to junior and senior researchers, graduate students, and professors seeking to identify research trends, topics, major publications, and influential scholars.

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Grand Challenges in Software Engineering for Games in Serious Contexts

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Software Engineering for Games in Serious Contexts

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How to merge gamification efforts for programming and modelling: a tool implementation perspective

Cited by 5 publications

References 32 publications

The relationship between fun and the overall score of the MEEGA360 scale

The relationship between fun and the overall score of the MEEGA360 scale

Gamification for behavior change: a scientometric review

Grand Challenges in Software Engineering for Games in Serious Contexts

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