Achieving flow through gamification: A study on re-designing research methods courses

Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 538-545

  Sillaots, Martin ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Flow; Game elements; Gamification; Research methods

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; STUDENTS;

COURSE MANAGEMENT; FLOW; GAME ELEMENTS; GAMIFICATION; LEARNING ACTIVITY; MASTER STUDENTS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; UNIVERSITY CURRICULA;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84923532199     PISSN: 20490992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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