ZORQ: A Gamification Framework for Computer Science Education

Hastings, John D.; Weitl-Harms, Sherri; Spanier, Adam; Rokusek, Matthew; Henszey, Ryan

doi:10.1109/fie56618.2022.9962487

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“…The exit survey was also given to students who completed the course in fall 2020 and then again in fall 2021 within a few weeks after the end of the semester. Of the 98 students in the population of students who have completed the course in the semesters surveyed, there were 49 completed responses, as reported in Hastings (2022). Nine responses were from female students, (18.3%) which matches the male/female distribution in the overall population of this course.…”

Section: Data Collectionmentioning

confidence: 78%

“…ZORQ is a gamification framework in which space ships navigate a 2D game universe filled with objects which affect a ship either positively or negatively (Hastings et al, 2022). Examples of game objects that have been used include: fuel, shields, mines, black holes, ship-jump portals, electromagnetic pulses, bullets and lasers, as shown in the Figure 1 screenshot.…”

Section: Zorq: a Gamification Framework For Cs Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One such application that presents notable potential to meet the flexibility and personalization requirements is the ZORQ gamification framework (Hastings et al, 2022). The ZORQ gamification framework's primary goal to increase student engagement, motivation, and success in undergraduate CS education courses.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This allows users to more accurately cater the application to the needs of a course. While ZORQ meets the requirements for a dynamic gamification framework-based application, and was briefly assessed in Hastings et al (2022), the sentiment of user satisfaction while using ZORQ in an undergraduate CS class has yet to be analyzed.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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ZORQ is a gamification software framework designed to increase student engagement within undergraduate Computer Science (CS) education. ZORQ is an attractive learning method that (1) utilizes numerous gamification elements, (2) provides a collaborative, game-development based learning approach, (3) offers an opportunity for students to explore a complex, real-world software development implementation, and (4) provides students with a high level of engagement with the system and a high level of social engagement in its collaborative customization.The usage of ZORQ was assessed using quantitative, qualitative and sentiment analyses in a Data Structures and Algorithms course over five years.The overwhelmingly positive results show that students were satisfied with their user experience and ZORQ was beneficial to their educational experience. By triangulating results from multiple analyses, this study adds to a deeper understanding of how gamification can improve learning and retention and provides a novel, robust, holistic methodology for evaluating user experiences.

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Section: Data Collectionmentioning

confidence: 78%

Section: Zorq: a Gamification Framework For Cs Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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