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Can Gamification Turn the Tide Against Declining Enrollment?

With U.S. colleges and universities battling enrollment declines, many student affairs officials are turning to gamification platforms to meet students where they are and keep up with the evolving expectations of new generations regarding classroom engagement, credential opportunities and other aspects of campus life.

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Gamification is broken

As game designer Adrian Hon argues in his entertaining book "You've Been Played", the key difference between Mary Poppins and many gamification applications, is that Poppins was interested in improving the lives of her charges, while most of the companies behind gamification apps are emphatically not interested in the wellbeing of their users.

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10 Essential Elements Of Gamification In eLearning

Gamification in eLearning programs is fast emerging as an effective technique to engage learners. 71% of employees believe that gamification leads to an increase in energy levels, and 66% say that gamification at work reduces their stress levels Learners who were educated with challenge-based gamification raised their performance by up to 89.45% compared to those who only received lectures (ScienceDirect, 2020). Gamification in eLearning has found its place for meeting specified learning outcomes.

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