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Casual Social Games as Serious Games: The Psychology of Gamification in Undergraduate Education and Employee Training

Landers, Richard N., Callan, Rachel C.·2011·Serious Games and Edutainment Applications

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Authors: Landers, R. N., & Callan, R. C.
Affiliations: Old Dominion University (US)
Corresponding author: Landers, Richard N.
ORCID: Landers, Richard N.
Venue: Serious Games and Edutainment Applications
Publisher: Springer London
Published: 2011
Pages: 399-423
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-2161-9_20
OpenAlex: W2133209125
Cited by: 272
References: 39
Citations by year: 2026: 9 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 34 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 7
FWCI: 43.66
Type: book chapter
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Springer eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Online Learning and Analytics
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
Keywords: gamification, serious games, social games, student motivation, online quizzes, social reward, social networking sites, goal setting theory, social media, instructional design, undergraduate education, employee training, psychology of learning

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