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Gamification: An Innovative Teaching-Learning Strategy for the Digital Nursing Students in a Community Health Nursing Course.

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Developing a gamified artificial intelligence educational robot to promote learning effectiveness and behavior in laboratory safety courses for undergraduate students

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Evaluating Impact on Motivation and Academic Performance of a Game-Based Learning Experience Using Kahoot

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A Bibliometric Analysis of Gamification Research

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Gamification in education: A scientometric, content and co-occurrence analysis of systematic review and meta-analysis articles

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Gamification of student peer review in education: A systematic literature review

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Infusing educational technologies in the heart of the university—A systematic literature review from an organisational perspective

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Drivers and barriers to the utilisation of gamification and game‐based learning in universities: A systematic review of educators' perspectives

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Gamification and Machine Learning Inspired Approach for Classroom Engagement and Learning

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The Dark Side of Narrow Gamification: Negative Impact of Assessment Gamification on Student Perceptions and Content Knowledge

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