A playful game changer: Fostering student retention in online education with social gamification

L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 95-102

  Krause, Markus ^a   Mogalle, Marc ^a   Pohl, Henning ^a   Williams, Joseph Jay ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamification; Massive open online courses; MOOC; Social engagement

Indexed keywords

GAMIFICATION; STUDENTS;

INTERACTIVITY; MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE; MOOC; ON-LINE EDUCATION; SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT; SOCIAL GAMES; STUDENT RETENTION;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84928027687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2724660.2724665     Document Type: Conference Paper

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