Gamification in education: A systematic mapping study

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 75-88

  Dicheva, Darina ^a   Dichev, Christo ^a   Agre, Gennady ^b   Angelova, Galia ^b  

^a WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Game design elements; Gamification in education; Literature review; Systematic mapping study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938082996     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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