Educational Analytics

Abstract

To determine the effects of gamification on student education, researchers implemented "Kaizen," a software-based knowledge competition, among a first-year class of undergraduate nursing students. Multiple-choice questions were released weekly or biweekly during two rounds of play. Participation was voluntary, and students could play the game using any Web-enabled device. Analyses of data generated from the game included (1) descriptive, (2) logistic regression modeling of factors associated with user attrition, (3) generalized linear mixed model for retention of knowledge, and (4) analysis of variance of final examination performance by play styles. Researchers found a statistically significant increase in the odds of a correct response (odds ratio, 1.8; 95% confidence interval, 1.0-3.4) for a round 1 question repeated in round 2, suggesting retention of knowledge. They also found statistically significant differences in final examination performance among different play styles.To maximize the benefits of gamification, researchers must use the resulting data both to power educational analytics and to inform nurse educators how to enhance student engagement, knowledge retention, and academic performance.

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How Gameful Experience Affects Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding COVID-19 Among the Taiwanese Public: Cross-sectional Study

“…Health education implemented through gameful experience has been proven to effectively enhance knowledge of leptospirosis [43]. In addition, integrating gamified media into medical education courses has been shown to effectively improve knowledge and skill performance among nursing students [44][45][46]. Moreover, designing applications to integrate with gameful experience to explore learning performance in professional nursing education has also been proven to generate a higher level of knowledge when compared to traditional teaching methods [15].…”

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“…Research on undergraduate healthcare students' evaluations of gamified education is limited (Gentry et al, 2019). Nonetheless, students who have experienced gamification highlighted a positive educational experience (Aktekin et al, 2018;Kinder & Kurz, 2018;Pettit et al, 2015), remarking increased learning (Kinder & Kurz, 2018;Roche et al, 2018) and other good qualities such as increased engagement and interactions (Aktekin et al, 2018;Pettit et al, 2015).…”