A gamified mobile application for engaging new students at university orientation

Proceedings of the 24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 138-141

  Fitz Walter, Zachary ^a   Tjondronegoro, Dian ^a   Wyeth, Peta ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

gamification; mobile devices; orientation; serious game; smartphone; university; user experience

Indexed keywords

FIELD STUDIES; GAMIFICATION; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SERIOUS GAMES; UNIVERSITY; USAGE DATA; USER ENGAGEMENT; USER EXPERIENCE;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOBILE DEVICES; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84872315377     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2414536.2414560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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