The effects of gamification on student attendance and team performance in a third-year undergraduate game production module

7th European Conference on Games Based Learning, ECGBL 2013

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-96

  Caton, Hope ^a   Greenhill, Darrel ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attendance; Class awards; Free riders; Gamification; Team based projects

Indexed keywords

ATTENDANCE; CLASS AWARDS; FREE-RIDERS; GAMIFICATION; TEAM-BASED PROJECTS;

GAME THEORY; MOTIVATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84893696439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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