What is Gamification

Game elements and mechanics used in non-game activities. Examples include digital badges, Leaderboards, and points. Learn more in: The Quest for Learning: Promoting Engagement and Disciplinary Literacy Through Game-Based Quests

Is the use of videogames strategies, principles and elements to non-game contexts in order to gamefully promote desired and pre-established outcomes. Learn more in: Fun and Games: How to Actually Create a Gamified Approach to Health Education and Promotion

Application of game elements and principles for custom, application specific problems. Learn more in: The Technological Power of Mysticism: A New Approach to Management of Religious Destinations

Gamification is a kind of method which is used to change some skills of people with game mechanisms. The term which was coined by British Nick Pelling in 2002 only reached popular use in 2010. Learn more in: Bring the Media Literacy of Turkish Pre-Service Teachers to the Table

The use of game-thinking and game mechanics to engage users and solve problems, it involves the use of game elements and game design techniques in non-game contexts. The motivations to use gamification may include extrinsic motives (tangible intangible rewards), intrinsic motives (status, achievements, self-expression, and competition) and so on. Learn more in: Reshaping Business Organizations Through Gamification

Use of game-design elements and game principles in non-game contexts. Learn more in: Gamification in E-Commerce: Enhancing Digital Customer Engagement Through Game Elements

Gamification reflects the use of game elements in a context that was not originally intended to be a game. Learn more in: Using Gamification to Engage Higher-Order Thinking Skills

An approach to the design of instructional technology that aims to engage learners in playful instructional tasks and promote positive emotions. Learn more in: Augmented Reality in Informal Learning Settings: Leveraging Technology for the Love of History

The addition of gaming elements. Learn more in: Independent E-Learning: Khan Academy, Motivation, and Gamification

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Conceptual model that aims to bring game mechanics to non-game contexts. Learn more in: A Survey on Computer Programming Learning Environments

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The use of game elements within non-gaming context. Learn more in: Benefits and Disadvantages of Utilizing Gamified Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Analysis

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The process of integrating game mechanics into something that already exists – a website, an enterprise application, an online community. Learn more in: Implications of Gamification and Virtual Reality in Higher Education

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The use of game-based mechanics and game-based design elements in non-game settings to engage users and encourage achievement of desired outcomes through motivation of users. Learn more in: Gamification

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The process of introducing the mechanism and design of games in non-gamified experiences or contexts as an incentive to foment motivation, engagement, organizational productivity, learning, etc. Learn more in: Story-Telling, Gamification, and Videogames: A Case Study to Teach English as a Second Language

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Concept with different definitions, but it is generally known as the use of game design elements in non-game contexts. Learn more in: Gamification: Model-Driven Engineering Approaches

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The process and phenomenon of incorporating game-like structures and activities into non-gaming environments. Learn more in: Games and Their Embodied Learning Principles in the Classroom: Connecting Learning Theory to Practice

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The use of game mechanics in non-game contexts to engage users in solving problems. Learn more in: Mobility, Data, and Behavior: The TrafficO2 Case Study

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The act of introducing gaming elements, liked scoring and leadership boards, to serve as incentives and motivators to students to participate and participate fully. Learn more in: Gamifying Discussion Forums

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The employment of game-like elements in contexts other than games, generally, to pursue a certain goal (e.g., a positive behavioral change). Learn more in: Sustainable Mobility in Smart Cities: The Key Role of Gamified Motivational Systems for Citizens' Engagement and Behavior Change

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Use of game elements in non – gaming context (Detering et al., 2011). Learn more in: A Systematic Review of Gamification Within E-Learning

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Application of game elements to any activity. Learn more in: Bridging the Language Gap With Emergent Technologies

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The use of digital gaming features to solve problems or improve situations in non-gaming environments. Learn more in: Gamification in Classroom Management

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The application of game elements and mechanics in other activities with the purpose of increasing engagement. Learn more in: Simulations in Business Education: A Case Study of Cesim™ Global Challenge

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Electronic video games designed for teaching and learning rather than purely entertainment. Learn more in: Could Educational Technology Replace Traditional Schools in the Future?

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The practice of making activities more like games in order to make them more interesting or enjoyable. Learn more in: The Fundamentals of Game-Based Learning

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Using game elements in non-gaming environments, such as assigning point values to activities and tracking points relative to other players. Learn more in: Governmentality, Playbor, and Peak Performance: Critiques and Concerns of Health and Wellness Gamification

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Using games in lessons to make classes more entertaining, natural, and immersive. Learn more in: Learning by Doing in 3D Environments: Collaborative Efforts in Second Life and Open Sim

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One form of DGBL that uses game-based elements such as mechanics, aesthetics, and game thinking in non-game contexts aimed at engaging people, motivating action, enhancing learning, and solving problems (Borgos et al, 2014 AU24: The in-text citation "Borgos et al, 2014" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ). Learn more in: Application of Gamification to Blended Learning in Higher Education

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Using game-based mechanics, aesthetics, and game-thinking to engage people, motivate action, promote learning, and solve problems. Learn more in: Gamifying Children's Linguistic Intelligence With the Duolingo App: A Case Study From Indonesia

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The use of specific approaches and techniques, specifically game mechanics, in various environments and settings, in order to attract people in problem solving and to enhance their contribution in a pleasant manner. Learn more in: Playful Education and Innovative Gamified Learning Approaches

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It is an approach including such game elements as badges to increase motivation of learners. Learn more in: A Guide for Mobile-Assisted Language Learning in Informal Settings: Pedagogical and Design Perspectives

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The process of using game mechanics and game thinking in non-gaming contexts to engage users and to solve problems. Learn more in: Who Am I as a Healthcare Provider?: Identity and Transformative Learning in Virtual Environments

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The integration of elements inspired by game design into non-gaming context. Learn more in: Motivational Active Learning in Blended and Virtual Learning Scenarios: Engaging Students in Digital Learning

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Using game design and mechanics to drive motivation and increase engagement in learning. Learn more in: Technology Tools for Integration in the Classroom

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Web-based activity that employs a rewards system such as points or leveling. Learn more in: Assessing Language in an E-Learning Environment

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The use of game-thinking and game mechanics to enhance user motivation, enjoyment and engagement with the software. Learn more in: Gamification to Improve Adherence to Clinical Treatment Advice: Improving Adherence to Clinical Treatment

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Use of elements and features of games such as badges, levels and rewards to improve the instructional experience. Learn more in: Game Concepts in Learning and Teaching Process

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The use of game elements to engage and motivate users to achieve their goals. Learn more in: Serious Games Tools to Support the Literacy Process

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Occurs when an instructor adds points, badges, rewards, etc. to students when they complete course goals or learning objectives. Learn more in: Breakout of a Traditional Classroom Reality With Game-Based Learning Pedagogy

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The application of game design and other typical game elements to non-game contexts. Learn more in: From Traditional to Distance Learning: Chronicle of a Switch From Physical to Virtual – Using the Game Metaphor to Understand the Process

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The application of typical elements of game playing (e.g. points, competitions, social networks, leaderboards) to other areas of activity, such as the promotion of healthy behaviors. Learn more in: The Promise of Gamification in Addressing Health Challenges of the Modern World

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In education, it is referred to add game dynamics, mechanics or components to a given academic course or educational content with a specific learning objective in order to foster students’ engagement. Learn more in: Classcraft as a Resource to Implement Gamification in English-Medium Instruction

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In education, it is referred to add game dynamics, mechanics or components to a given academic course or educational content with a specific learning objective to foster students’ engagement. Learn more in: Disruptive Methodologies and Cross-Curricular Competencies for a Training Adapted to New Professional Profiles: The Undergraduate Program in Translation and Interpreting

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A design approach in which game elements are implemented in learning environments. Learn more in: Transitions in Student Motivation During a MUVE-Based Ecosystem Science Curriculum: An Evaluation of the Novelty Effect

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Use of elements of (video)game design in other contexts, benefiting the activities of those contexts with the characteristics that the game enhances, such as creativity, perseverance, and learning. Learn more in: The Role of Gamification in Neurocognitive Rehabilitation

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The application of game elements to other activities and processes. Learn more in: Level Up: Multiple Player Professional Development

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An application of typical elements of game playing (e.g. point scoring, competition with others, rules of play) to other areas of activity. Learn more in: Game Aspects in Collaborative Navigation of Blind Travelers

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The application of elements, strategies and patterns typically found in game-like applications in non-game environments. Learn more in: Why Gamification Is Not the Solution for Everything

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The process of deploying everyday game play elements such as points scoring or completion to other areas of activity, which is used as an online marketing method to encourage engagement with a given product/service. Learn more in: Gamification Tools to Facilitate Student Learning Engagement in Higher Education: A Burden or Blessing?

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Use of game-design elements and principles in non-game contexts such as healthcare, education, and so on. Learn more in: mHealth for Illness Self-Management for People With Schizophrenia: Opportunities and Implications in Gamification

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Gamification is defined as the application of game design principles and the inclusion of game elements in non-gaming contexts. From the user experience (UX) perspective, this term is also considered to be an informal umbrella term to describe the inclusion of game design elements in non-game applications such as business, education, health care, human resources, to name a few. Learn more in: The Effectiveness of Gamification on Student Engagement, Learning Outcomes, and Learning Experiences

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An activity carried out to transform something already in existence and alter it by incorporating game-based mechanics to enhance cognitive engagement. Learn more in: Introduction to Simulation Learning in Emergency and Disaster Management

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The addition of fun-elements to normally serious and non-fun processes like learning or working to raise motivation and alter attitudes and behavior. Learn more in: Digitized Public Administration: Using Gamification to Introduce Innovation

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Using game-based elements to engage, motivate, and promote learning. Learn more in: Teaching and Learning Mandarin Chinese: Gamification and Simulation in an Early Childhood Classroom

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The use of video game principles or designs in the structuring of a learning experience (see Abrams & Walsh, 2014 ). Learn more in: Virtual Worlds and Online Videogames for Children and Young People: Promises and Challenges

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The implementation of competition and active engagement into what might be an otherwise ordinary experience, thereby adding an element of risk and reward. Learn more in: Augmented Reality Gamifies the Library: A Ride Through the Technological Frontier

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The process of adding game like elements to something to encourage participation. Learn more in: Serious Cooperative Board Games as an Innovative Approach in a Study Abroad Course in Peru

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Group learning using games that present challenges and simulate situations. Learn more in: Education in Higher Education: Trends and Challenges – Innovate in School and/or Innovate the School

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Treatments are modified and programmed as a game. The game aims on alleviating the symptoms of the client as the regular intervention would do. Learn more in: E-Mental Health: Contributions, Challenges, and Research Opportunities from a Computer Science Perspective

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Implementation of game elements in non-ludic or non-play contexts. Learn more in: Learning of English as a Foreign Language and Gifted and Talented Students: The Role of ICT in Educational Innovation

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Gaming mechanics can be used to solve problems in nongaming environments, such as in a business, making it possible to measure and evaluate the reputation or performance consumers associate with products and destinations. Learn more in: Augmented Reality for Smart Tourism in Religious Heritage Itineraries: Tourism Experiences in the Technological Age

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The practice of applying game design to contexts so as to purposefully increase user motivation, fun, and engagement. Learn more in: The Development of a Gamified System for Health Activism as a Graduate Student Project

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The application of typical elements of game playing (e.g., point scoring, competition with others, rules of play) to other areas of activity, in this case, learning. Learn more in: Understanding Modern Learners, Technology, and Medical Education

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Using gaming structures and gameplay features for serving the primary purpose other than entertainment. Gamification does not necessarily mean using a whole game. Gamification is also considered to occur if using individual elements of games. Learn more in: Leadership Learning through Virtual Play

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The use of game elements in non-game contexts in order to engage and/or create, maintain and change behaviors. Learn more in: E-Health and Psychology: Self-Regulation to Help Software Design

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The use of game thinking and game-design mechanics in non-game contexts to engage users creativity and activity. Learn more in: Gamification and Social Media as Tools for Tourism Promotion

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The use of game design elements in non-game contexts. Learn more in: Utilizing Digital Educational Games to Enhance Adult Learning

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The activities that make the process of introducing a product, service or idea to the people in order to be marketed by making use of game elements to make it fun. Learn more in: Digital Gamification in the Tourism Industry

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Generally characterizes approaches through which video games and other technology-enhanced gaming systems (such as video games and virtual reality) are being used to transform workplace activities. Strategies for gamification can vary from simple contests to complex segments derived from familiar or newly-invented games. Learn more in: Cyberloafing and Constructive Recreation

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Creating a totally engaging experience for a player by matching the task demands to the level of ability of the player with appropriate feedback and interactive elements. Learn more in: Gamification in Rehabilitation: Finding the “Just-Right-Challenge”

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An interdisciplinary theory, which recently received interest in the marketing domain from a service perspective focusing on applying game thinking and mechanics in non-game contexts. Learn more in: Gamifying a Car's Servicescape

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The software is built with playful elements, although the activity is not a game. Learn more in: Using Motivational Modelling With an App Designed to Increase Student Performance and Retention

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Mix user interaction and user interface with the language and dynamics of the game, exploiting the new language used by video games together with the mechanics of the Game Design, combining the use of technological means and the learning of notions or procedures the entertainment of the game. Learn more in: An Augmented Reality (AR) Experience for Lorenzo Lotto

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It is a technique that uses the dynamics and mechanics of the game to learn something through action. It seeks the motivation of the students, allowing them to live gratifying experiences that transform learning. Learn more in: Gamification Assessment: A New Experience in the Degree of Business Administration and Management

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Integration of game elements such as points top ups and competition in class lessons to enhance inspiration and active participation among learners. Learn more in: Smart Interactive Game-Based System for Preschools in Tanzania

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Gamification refers to the applications of game design principles and the inclusion of game elements in non-gaming contexts. The gamification practice is also considered to be an informal umbrella term to describe the inclusion of game design elements in non-game applications such as business, education, health care, human resources, to name a few. Learn more in: A Text Mining Analysis of Faculty Reflective Narratives on Their Participation in the TeachTech Program at The University of Texas at El Paso: Implications for Integrating IT Technologies Into College Pedagogy

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Process related with the player´s thinking and the game technics to attract users and solve problems. Learn more in: Educational Innovation Techniques Based on Assessment and Development of Student Potential

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Application of game-design elements and game principles in non-game contexts. Learn more in: Are We Ready for the Job Market?: The Role of Business Simulation in the Preparation of Youngsters

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The application of game design elements on non-game settings, in order to influence motivation and participation. Learn more in: Utilizing Instantaneous Feedback to Promote Self-Regulated Learning in Online Higher Education Courses: The Case for Digital Badges

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The use of game elements such as points, badges, leaderboards in non-game contexts such as business or education with the purpose of motivating the user and increasing work satisfaction and productivity. Learn more in: Modern Technologies Used in Education

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The use of game elements in non-gaming environment to promote motivation and engagement. Learn more in: A Systematic Review of Video Games for Second Language Acquisition

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Gaming mechanics can be used to solve problems in nongaming environments, such as in a business, making it possible to measure and evaluate the reputation or performance consumers associate with products and destinations. Learn more in: Religious Tourism Experience Model (RTEM): A Recommendation Model for Dissemination of Cultural and Religious Heritage

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A process in which people make use of the thinking and mechanics behind games in non-game contexts. Learn more in: Gamification for Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching and Learning

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“The use of game design elements in non-game contexts” ( Deterding, Dixon, Khlaled, & Nacke, 2011 ). Learn more in: The Effects of Active Videogames on BMI among Young People: A Meta-Analysis

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Gamification means that concepts and techniques, that are used in games, are applied in environments and circumstances that are not part of a gaming situation. In this chapter it means to apply gaming concepts and techniques to help organizational members understand the digital transformation that their organisation is facing. Learn more in: Digital Transformations Carried Out Through Games

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The use of game features, such as badges, quests, or storylines, in non-game situations, to increase motivation and engagement. Learn more in: Video Game Making and Modding

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The application of game elements such as missions and scores to a non-game context. Learn more in: Games in Innovation Education: Simulated vs. Authentic Gamified Participation

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An educational approach in which students are motivated through game elements such as points, badges, or quests. Learn more in: Learning Environments: Physical Classrooms or Virtual Worlds

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The use of game mechanics such as points in non-gaming contexts. Learn more in: Altered Realities: How Virtual and Augmented Realities Are Supporting Learning

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The use of game-related mechanisms in other areas, particularly on websites or social networks. Its goal is to increase the adoption and use of these applications by building on the human predisposition to engage in play. Learn more in: Innovation, Ethics, and Consumer Protection: The Context of Fintech Gamification in Quebec

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Understood as the use of games in non-leisure environments and settings in order to motivate, and encourage effort, loyalty and other positive values. Using technology increases possibilities and participants. Applied to tourism, it can promote tourism marketing and change player-tourist behaviour. Learn more in: Alternative Tourism Strategies to Enhance Local Sustainable Tourism Development: The ALTER-ECO Project in Gandia (Spain)

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The application of game principles and elements in a learning environment in order to influence behavior, increase motivation and drive participation in students Learn more in: Gamification of Middle School Mathematics and Science: Game-Playing for Learning

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Use of an existing game which has not been designed with specific learning objectives in mind, towards the achievement of specific learning objectives. Learn more in: Game Mechanics Supporting a Learning and Playful Experience in Educational Escape Games

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The integration of game elements, mechanics, and incentives into non-game situations and scenarios to engage participants and motivate use. Learn more in: Developing Teacher Knowledge about Gamification as an Instructional Strategy

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The application of typical elements of game playing (e.g. rules, objectives, competition) to other areas of activity, in this instance to the context of the workplace and in the process of identifying and acknowledging the emotional self with LSP®. Learn more in: Ludic Approaches to Teaching and Learning: Facilitating the Emotional Self at Work in Higher Education

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Defined as the use of game in educational environments. Learn more in: Using Online Programs to Centre Students in the Twenty-First Century

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It is an application of games and integration of games like elements to solve business problems. Learn more in: Exploring Learning Preferences of Gen Z Employees: A Conceptual Analysis

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The use of game mechanics in non-game contexts. The use of gamified learning activities can make the educational experience more engaging for students. Learn more in: Learning GIS in Architecture: An Educational Experience to Improve Student ICT Skills

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Learning technique that moves the mechanics of games to the educational-professional field in order to achieve better results. Learn more in: Trends in Management of TI Projects and CEO Competence

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The process of applying an extrinsic motivational framework using elements found in games, such as points, badges, and leaderboards. Learn more in: Guidelines for Designing Effective Games as Clinical Interventions: Mechanics, Dynamics, Aesthetics, and Outcomes (MDAO) Framework

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A practice consisting in adding game-like elements in non-game contexts like education with the goal of increasing the learner’s engagement. Learn more in: Leveling Up: Using Motivational Digital Technology to Create Meaningful CLIL Experiences

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It is the application of game design elements and game principles in non-gaming contexts in order to solve problems or learn in a fun and facilitated way to make the learning curve less steep, also allowing to improve user involvement. Learn more in: Prosumers Building the Virtual World: How a Proactive Use of Virtual Worlds Can Be an Effective Method for Educational Purposes

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Adding game elements to a non-gaming context, such as team-players competitiveness, win/lose logic, or gaining points through the activity. Learn more in: Chemistry Edutainment: A Storytelling Activity for Middle-School Children

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The process of adding games or game-like elements to something to encourage user testing participation. Learn more in: A Cyber-Physical System Testbed for Security Experimentation

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A mechanism of applying game elements in non-gaming context. Learn more in: Design and Implementation of Gamified Course Contents

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Adopts game paradigm and resources in other contexts, such as education. Learn more in: The Contribution of Serious Games for the Success of Students in Entrepreneurship

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The use of game elements and principles for educational purposes. Learn more in: Insights Into University-Business Cooperation in the Information Society: A Romanian Project for Higher Education

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The application of game mechanics and game design techniques in non-game context to motivate players to achieve higher goals. Learn more in: A Fuzzy-Based Calorie Burn Calculator for a Gamified Walking Activity Using Treadmill

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The use of elements of game-playing in another activity, usually to make that activity more interesting. Learn more in: Structural Modeling and Analysis of Barriers Encountered in Gamification Applications in Health

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It is the application of game principles and game-design elements in non-game contexts. For example, in the educational environment. Learn more in: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality in Education: A Brief Overview

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Gamification is the use of game-like elements in traditionally non-game like settings and has been proven to increase user enjoyment and participation. Learn more in: Using Leap Motion and Gamification to Facilitate and Encourage Rehabilitation for Hand Injuries: Leap Motion for Rehabilitation

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