Viewing Gamification Design Limitations and Weaknesses through a Pandemic Lens

Gene Klein
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Gene Klein: Mathematics, Keiser University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309, USA

Societies, 2021, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-8

Abstract: Design challenges and limitations of gamification were examined using the COVID-19 pandemic as a lens. Online or remote environments were also examined. These environments highlight the literature gap in evidence-based design recommendations and studies that isolate gamification from other pedagogical interventions or methodologies. The literature recognizes the differences between actual games and gamification. Gamification focuses and relies on entertainment to boost academic achievement. This focus on entertainment and its implications to motivation, both intrinsic and extrinsic, are examined. This reliance on entertainment creates unrealistic expectations. In fact, gamification expectations may be conflated with game expectations—especially in an educational setting.

Keywords: gamification; motivation; education; pandemic; intervention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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