Gamification: a systematic review of design frameworks

Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 516-548

  Mora, Alberto ^a   Riera, Daniel ^a   González, Carina ^b   Arnedo Moreno, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frameworks; Game design; Gamification; Higher education; Learning; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034631630     PISSN: 10421726     EISSN: 18671233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12528-017-9150-4     Document Type: Article

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