Research — University XP

The effects of difficulty and prior expertise levels in educational video games

The effects of difficulty and prior expertise levels in educational video games

Difficulty, video gamesDave EngJanuary 12, 2023Education, gamification, computer science, learning, researchComment

Blurring boundaries between everyday life and pervasive gaming

Blurring boundaries between everyday life and pervasive gaming

GamingDave EngJanuary 11, 2023Mobile gaming, user study, mobility, experience, ingress, location-based games, researchComment

Motivation through gamification: a Self-Determination Theory perspective for the design of an adaptive reward system

Motivation through gamification: a Self-Determination Theory perspective for the design of an adaptive reward system

Gamification, self-determinationDave EngJanuary 10, 2023Gamification, self-determination theory, adaptive rewards, researchComment

How Personalization Affects Motivation in Gamified Review Assessments

How Personalization Affects Motivation in Gamified Review Assessments

GamificationDave EngJanuary 9, 2023Gamification, gameful, tailoring, education, self-determination theory, researchComment

Work-in-Progress: What Motivators Matter When Gamifying a Learning Activity

Work-in-Progress: What Motivators Matter When Gamifying a Learning Activity

Gamification, MotivationDave EngJanuary 8, 2023Gamification, learning, motivation, EVC scale, researchComment

Self-Regulation as a Mediator of the Associations Between Passion for Video Games and Well-Being

Self-Regulation as a Mediator of the Associations Between Passion for Video Games and Well-Being

Well Being, video gamesDave EngJanuary 7, 2023Video games, well-being, self-regulation, mediator, associations, researchComment

Playing With Embodied Social Interaction: A Thematic Review of Experiments on Social Aspects in Gameful Virtual Reality

Playing With Embodied Social Interaction: A Thematic Review of Experiments on Social Aspects in Gameful Virtual Reality

Didactic Games and Gamification in Education

Didactic Games and Gamification in Education

Gamification, gamesDave EngJanuary 5, 2023Didactic games, gamification, apps, educational games, learning motivation, researchComment

The Impact of Gamification on the Time-Limited Writing Performance of English Majors

The Impact of Gamification on the Time-Limited Writing Performance of English Majors

Gamification, WritingDave EngJanuary 4, 2023Gamification, writing, English, engagement, effectiveness, researchComment

Gamit! Interactive platform for gamification

Gamit! Interactive platform for gamification

GamificationDave EngJanuary 3, 2023Web platform, rewards mechanics, educational innovation, higher education, gamification, researchComment

How do Slovenian Educators feel about Gamification? Interested to Know More

How do Slovenian Educators feel about Gamification? Interested to Know More

Gamification, EducatorsDave EngJanuary 2, 2023Gamification, teachers, educators, attitudes, goals, motivate, students, researchComment

Improving Emergency Training for Earthquakes Through Immersive Virtual Environments and Anxiety Tests: A Case Study

Improving Emergency Training for Earthquakes Through Immersive Virtual Environments and Anxiety Tests: A Case Study

Education, EmergencyDave EngJanuary 1, 2023Virtual classroom, emergency training, immersive, earthquakes, education, researchComment

Gamification in Non-Formal Adult Educational Practices

Gamification in Non-Formal Adult Educational Practices

Adult Play and Wellbeing: A Moderated Mediation Model

Adult Play and Wellbeing: A Moderated Mediation Model

Adult Play, gamesDave EngDecember 30, 2022Play, adult play, wellbeing, leisure, stress relief, age, SES, researchComment

Evangelism through Online Gaming: Communicating to Gen Z Beyond the Church Walls

Evangelism through Online Gaming: Communicating to Gen Z Beyond the Church Walls

Online Gaming, EvangelismDave EngDecember 29, 2022Online gaming, communication, gen z, church, evangelism, American, entertainment, researchComment

The impact of digital media on children’s intelligence while controlling for genetic differences in cognition and socioeconomic background

The impact of digital media on children’s intelligence while controlling for genetic differences in cognition and socioeconomic background

Digital Media, gamesDave EngDecember 28, 2022Video gaming, digital media, children, intelligences, genetics, cognition, socioeconomic, childhood, researchComment

Technology in Action: Developing Gamification Handbook in English Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century Learners

Technology in Action: Developing Gamification Handbook in English Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century Learners

GamificationDave EngDecember 27, 2022DDR, gamification, handbook, 21st-century learning, researchComment

Using Party Games to Help Students Understand Models of Psycholinguistics

Using Party Games to Help Students Understand Models of Psycholinguistics

Open This Box: Leveraging the Popularity of Escape Rooms to Create an Engaging Library Instruction Session

Open This Box: Leveraging the Popularity of Escape Rooms to Create an Engaging Library Instruction Session

Escape Room, LibraryDave EngDecember 25, 2022Education, escape rooms, library, instruction session, students, researchComment

Flipped Classroom and Gamification Approach: Its Impact on Performance and Academic Commitment on Sustainable Learning in Education

Flipped Classroom and Gamification Approach: Its Impact on Performance and Academic Commitment on Sustainable Learning in Education