prescient scholars like Thomas Malone began making games as a source of “heuristics for enjoyable interfaces”

1980s

- “serious games”- games started to be used in training, education, and persuasion
- human-computer interaction: research on designs for pleasure, enjoyment, and motivation has started 

early 2000s

New York University

An overview of the factors for the rise of gamification since the beginning of the century and how to improve users’ learning motivation in games in the future. 

Gamification: Designing for motivation

- inexpensive sensors that tracks users’ daily activity 
- a shift in Web analytics to human behaviors 
- the current cultural momentum of video games 


3 factors for the recent rise of gamification

Gamification should include game design, not just game components. Some education games can damage players’ interest or engagement. 

game design + game component

- create meaning, positive connections between faculties and students 
- assign collaborative work rather than individual ones 


ways to engage students

steps include: 
- offer intrinsic value that users want
- weaving gamification into the value
- encourage students’ engagement and desire to participate

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