Gamified learning in higher education: A systematic review of the literature

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6. Promoting Computational Thinking Skills in Non-Computer-Science Students: Gamifying Computational Notebooks to Increase Student Engagement
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9. Systematic literature review on gamified professional training among employees
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11. The role and scope of gamification in education: A scientometric literature review
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12. Gamification in higher education: A review of the literature
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13. Socrative in Higher Education: Game vs. Other Uses
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14. Kahoot! as a Tool to Improve Student Academic Performance in Business Management Subjects
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15. Gamification in nursing
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16. Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers’ Views on Gamification
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17. Trends and gaps in empirical research on gamification in science education: A systematic review of the literature
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18. Examining Essential Flow Antecedents to promote students’ Self-Regulated Learning and Acceptance of Use in a Game-Based Learning classroom
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19. Gamification to enhance engagement and higher order learning in entrepreneurial education
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20. Maybe we’ve got it wrong. An experimental evaluation of self-determination and Flow Theory in gamification
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21. Ai in e-learning: the affordance perspective
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22. Transforming University Education with AI: A Systematic Review of Technologies, Applications, and Implications
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23. Gamified E-learning in medical terminology: the TERMInator tool
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24. Tailoring Gamification for Adolescents: a Validation Study of Big Five and Hexad in Dutch
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25. Toward a meaningful experience: an explanation of the drivers of the continued usage of gamified mobile app services
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26. Study of the impact of social learning and gamification methodologies on learning results in higher education
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27. Recursos Educativos Basados en Gamificación
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28. Gamifying Instruction and Engaging Students With Breakout EDU
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29. Comparison of the Effects of the Kahoot Tool on Teacher Training and Computer Engineering Students for Sustainable Education
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30. Toward More Impactful International Business Education: A Teaching Innovation Typology
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31. Enhancing graduate employability – exploring the influence of experiential simulation learning on life skill development
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32. Gamification, collaborative learning and transversal competences: analysis of academic performance and students’ perceptions
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33. Improving serious games by crowdsourcing feedback from the STEAM online gaming community
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34. Can gamification enhance online learning? Evidence from a meta-analysis
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35. Trash to treasure: Gamification and informed recycling behavior
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36. Real World Learning: Simulation and Gaming
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37. The Role of Creative Communications and Gamification in Student Engagement in Higher Education: A Sentiment Analysis Approach
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38. A Review of Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment Methods for Serious Games
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39. Integrating games as a means to develop e‐learning: Insights from a psychological perspective
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40. Prospects for using gamification in Industry 4.0
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41. ‘The Game of the Sea’: An Interdisciplinary Educational Board Game on the Marine Environment and Ocean Awareness for Primary and Secondary Students
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42. Inclusivity and Diversity: A Systematic Review of Strategies Employed in the Higher Education Marketing Discipline
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43. The effects of gamified flipped classroom on student learning: evidence from a meta-analysis
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44. Type I Diabetes Self-management With Game-Based Interventions for Pediatric and Adolescent Patients
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45. Improving instruction and sexual health literacy with serious games and gamification interventions: an outlook to students’ learning outcomes and gender differences
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46. Dispositions that Computing Professionals Value in the Workplace
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47. Gamifying ESL Classrooms through Gamified Teaching and Learning
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48. Designing Gamified Learning Management Systems for Higher Education
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49. Development of a Comprehensive Process for Introducing Game-Based Learning in Higher Education for Lecturers
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50. Precourse Preparation Using a Serious Smartphone Game on Advanced Life Support Knowledge and Skills: Randomized Controlled Trial
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51. Raising Teachers Empowerment in Gamification Design of Adaptive Learning Systems: A Qualitative Research
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52. Improving Soft Skills and Motivation with Gamification in Engineering Education
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53. More challenging or more achievable? The impacts of difficulty and dominant goal orientation in leaderboards within educational gamification
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54. Game-Based Learning in Higher Education Using Analogue Games
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55. The study on the effects of gamified interactive e-books on students’ learning achievements and motivation in a Chinese character learning flipped classroom
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56. The educational impact of a comprehensive serious game within the university setting: Improving learning and fostering motivation
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57. Gamified crowdsourcing in higher education: A theoretical framework and a case study
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58. Using Gamified Strategies in Higher Education: Relationship between Intrinsic Motivation and Contextual Variables
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60. Interactive Crossword Puzzles as an Adjunct Tool in Teaching Undergraduate Dental Students
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61. Gamified virtual labs: shifting from physical environments for low-risk interactive learning
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62. Microlearning for improved student outcomes in higher education: A scoping review
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63. Tailoring Gamification in a Science Course to Enhance Intrinsic Motivation in Preservice Primary Teachers
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64. Fostering study time outside class using gamification strategies: An experimental study at tertiary‐level database courses
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65. Beyond Classical Definition: The Non-definition of Gamification
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66. Enhancing Online Instructional Approaches for Sustainable Business Education in the Current and Post-Pandemic Era: An Action Research Study of Student Engagement
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67. Does gamification mediate the relationship between digital social capital and student Performance? A survey-based study in Spain
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68. Learn biology using digital game-based learning: A systematic literature review
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69. Application of gamified virtual laboratories as a preparation tool for civil engineering students
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71. The e-learning persuasion through gamification: an elaboration likelihood model perspective
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72. Motivation and Engagement of Nursing Students in 2 Gamified Courses
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74. Design and Learning Effectiveness Evaluation of Gamification in e-Learning Systems
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75. Social Robots with Gamification Principles to Increase Long-Term User Interaction
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76. The adoption of gamification in higher education and its impact on academic performance: empirical evidence from Jordan and Palestine
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78. Gamified environmental multi‐criteria decision analysis: information on objectives and range insensitivity bias
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82. Gamification in Online Education: A Visual Bibliometric Network Analysis
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83. Leveraging Gamification in ICT Education: Examining Gender Differences and Learning Outcomes in Programming Courses
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86. First year nursing students’ evaluation of Kahoot! to facilitate learning and testing knowledge. A pilot study in Ireland and Italy
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87. Gamification and the Internet of Things in Education
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88. Evaluating Minecraft as a game-based metaverse platform: exploring gaming experience, social presence, and STEM outcomes
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89. Thriving in the era of hybrid work: Raising cybersecurity awareness using serious games in industry trainings
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91. CrossQuestion Game: A Group-Based Assessment for Gamified Flipped Classroom Experience Using the ARCS Model
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92. How does adaptive gamification impact different types of student motivation over time?
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95. The Seneb’s Enigma: Impact of a Hybrid Personal and Social Responsibility and Gamification Model-Based Practice on Motivation and Healthy Habits in Physical Education
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97. Effect of Gamified, Mobile, Cloud-Based Learning Management System (GMCLMS) on student engagement and achievement
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