Use of gamification to enhance curiosity and engagement through feedback strategies

Anupam Makhija; Meena  Jha; Deborah Richards; Ayse Bilgin

doi:10.14742/ascilite2021.0118

Use of gamification to enhance curiosity and engagement through feedback strategies

Anupam Makhija, Meena Jha , Deborah Richards, Ayse Bilgin

School of Computing

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Abstract

Curiosity is a significant educational component behind human learning and is vital for a learner to sustain motivation and engagement in both face-to-face and online learning environments. Positive feedback has the potential to support learning by enhancing competence, confidence, and curiosity. Informative feedback at the right time is the sought-after goal in traditional classrooms and is equally important for the learning design within a digital educational environment. Individual differences such as personality, gender, learning style, and curiosity trait can play a crucial role in how feedback is received and acquired knowledge is demonstrated in a different context by a learner. This paper proposes to exploit the benefits of positive feedback in a statistics game by establishing a connection between feedback and curiosity through the lens of the self-determination theory of motivation. It presents a work-in-progress psychological theory-based conceptual framework to foster curiosity by means of game-based learning and gamification approaches.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Back to the Future – ASCILITE '21. Proceedings ASCILITE 2021 in Armidale
Editors	Sue Gregory, Steve Warburton, Mark Schier
Place of Publication	Armidale
Publisher	ASCILITE
Pages	137-142
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14742/ascilite2021.0118
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	ASCILITE 2021: Back to the Future - Armidale, Australia Duration: 29 Nov 2021 → 1 Dec 2021 https://2020conference.ascilite.org/ascilite-2021/

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Conference	ASCILITE 2021
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Armidale
Period	29/11/21 → 1/12/21
Other	38th International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in the use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education
Internet address	https://2020conference.ascilite.org/ascilite-2021/

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Keywords

Statistical Education
Self-Determination Theory
Curiosity
Motivation
Engagement
Game-Based Learning
Gamification
Feedback

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Makhija, A, Jha , M, Richards, D & Bilgin, A 2021, Use of gamification to enhance curiosity and engagement through feedback strategies. in S Gregory, S Warburton & M Schier (eds), Back to the Future – ASCILITE '21. Proceedings ASCILITE 2021 in Armidale. ASCILITE, Armidale, pp. 137-142, ASCILITE 2021, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 29/11/21. https://doi.org/10.14742/ascilite2021.0118

Use of gamification to enhance curiosity and engagement through feedback strategies. / Makhija, Anupam; Jha , Meena ; Richards, Deborah et al.
Back to the Future – ASCILITE '21. Proceedings ASCILITE 2021 in Armidale. ed. / Sue Gregory; Steve Warburton; Mark Schier. Armidale: ASCILITE, 2021. p. 137-142.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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