Studies of student engagement in gamified online discussions

Computers and Education

Volumn 115, Issue , 2017, Pages 126-142

  Ding, Lu ^a   Kim, ChanMin ^a   Orey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamification; gEchoLu; Online discussion; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENTS; GAME ELEMENTS; GAMIFICATION; GECHOLU; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT; STUDENT MOTIVATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85027533609     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2017.06.016     Document Type: Article

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