RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Understanding student behavior and perceptions toward earning badges in a gamified MOOC
A1 Ortega Arranz, Alejandro
A1 Er, Erkan
A1 Martínez Monés, Alejandra
A1 Bote Lorenzo, Miguel Luis
A1 Asensio Pérez, Juan Ignacio
A1 Muñoz Cristóbal, Juan Alberto
K1 Gamification
K1 MOOC
AB Despite the advantages of MOOCs, such as the open and free access to education, these courses are criticized for students’ lack of motivation and their high dropout rates. Gamification is a technique used to increase student motivation and engagement in small-scale educational contexts. However, the effects of gamification on student engagement have been scarcely explored in MOOC environments, and the findings so far are inconsistent. To address this gap, this research work examines the students’ behavior toward earning badges and how it relates to their engagement in a gamified MOOC. According to the results, the behaviors toward badges of the active students were generally positive and significantly correlated with other variables measuring their engagement (e.g., pageviews, submitted tasks, forum posts), although this positive behavior seems to decrease throughout the course. Additionally, students that reported high motivation by badges at the end of the course showed a higher engagement level than those that were not appealed by badges.
PB Springer Verlag
SN 1615-5289
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/38628
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/38628
LA eng
NO Universal Access in the Information Society, 2019, Issue 3
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 25-abr-2024