Gamification design for high school student with unstable internet connection during covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

Balinese society is a unique combination of traditions, culture, religion, values and moral values with a background of beautiful nature. As the centre of this combination is the Hindu Religion, which is the faith of the majority thus it is taught to students from elemntary school to high school. However, the Covid-19 pandemic, the teaching of Hindu religion has been switched to online leanring, at it poses challenges, such as lack of technological skill on the part of the teachers, unstable internet access, the use of large internet quotas, and inadequate electronic devices on the part of the students. The methods that can be used to increase student motivation and student involvement is gamification. Marczewski Gamification Framework was used to design gamification in Hindu religious subjects. In this study, the achiever user type was applied. This research used 3 game mechanics, Level/Progression, Quest/Challenges, Achievements/Rewards.

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