Psychological Perspectives on Motivation through Gamification

Gamification is an innovative approach to foster motivation. It refers to the use of game elements in non-game contexts. This article adopts a differentiated view on the topic of gamification and investigates, how and why different game elements can address different motivational mechanisms. At firs...

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Main Authors: Michael Sailer, Jan Hense, Heinz Mandl, Markus Klevers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ASLERD 2014-02-01
Series:Interaction Design and Architecture(s)
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Online Access:http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/doc/19_2.pdf