Adaptive gamification strategies for education: a systematic literature review

Abstract

Gamification elements are frequently used in learning environments as a means to motivate and engage students. Adaptive gamification, a more recent approach, attempts to maximize the expected learning objectives by adapting these gamification elements to the needs of each user. In this paper, we present a systematic review of adaptive gamification in educational contexts aiming to understand how these adaptive features work, what they adapt and which strategies they adopt. We identified 16 papers that describe different adaptive gamification strategies for different learning topics, based on factors like user input, user experience, and player typology.Resumo. Elementos de gamificação são frequentemente usados em ambientes de aprendizagem como método para motivar e engajar estudantes. Recentemente, a gamificação adaptativa vem surgindo como forma de maximizar os objetivos de aprendizagem esperados ao adaptar elementos de gamificaçãoàs necessidades dos usuários. Neste artigo,é apresentada uma revisão sistemática sobre gamificação adaptativa em ambientes educacionais, buscando compreender como essa adaptação acontece, o queé adaptado e quais estratégias são adotadas. Foram identificados 16 artigos que descrevem diferentes estratégias de gamificação adaptativa para diferentes tópicos de aprendizagem, baseandose em fatores como interações e experiência do usuário e perfis de jogador.

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