To the Next Level! an Exploratory Study on the Influence of User Experience on the Acceptance of a Gamified Learning Platform

Laísa Paiva, Moisés Barbosa, Solano Oliveira, Max Barbosa, Victor Klisman, José Duarte, Genildo Gomes, Bruno Gadelha, Tayana Conte

2022

Abstract

Gamification is associated with using game elements in different contexts, and one of these is the educational environment. The education area’s motivation for this concept assumes that gamification provides an alternative to motivate and engage students during the learning process. For this, it is common to use gamified teaching platforms, wherein the experience of students and teachers using these platforms impacts the success of their adoption. This paper presents an evaluation of the Classcraft gamified learning platform, aiming to investigate the User Experience (UX) and usability of this platform and how these elements influence its acceptance. We performed an empirical study with a group of high school students to investigate how UX- related factors influence platform acceptance. As a result, we identified that the students do not consider the platform’s visual elements attractive, with insufficient stimulus for its use. Furthermore, we also noted the platform’s low attractiveness and usability through the AttrakDiff results. These results show that using gamification in educational platforms does not mean it will reach a good level of acceptance. To achieve that, it is essential to also look forward to the usability and UX of those platforms.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Paiva L., Barbosa M., Oliveira S., Barbosa M., Klisman V., Duarte J., Gomes G., Gadelha B. and Conte T. (2022). To the Next Level! an Exploratory Study on the Influence of User Experience on the Acceptance of a Gamified Learning Platform. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-562-3, pages 281-288. DOI: 10.5220/0011067900003182

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu22,
author={Laísa Paiva and Moisés Barbosa and Solano Oliveira and Max Barbosa and Victor Klisman and José Duarte and Genildo Gomes and Bruno Gadelha and Tayana Conte},
title={To the Next Level! an Exploratory Study on the Influence of User Experience on the Acceptance of a Gamified Learning Platform},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2022},
pages={281-288},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011067900003182},
isbn={978-989-758-562-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - To the Next Level! an Exploratory Study on the Influence of User Experience on the Acceptance of a Gamified Learning Platform
SN - 978-989-758-562-3
AU - Paiva L.
AU - Barbosa M.
AU - Oliveira S.
AU - Barbosa M.
AU - Klisman V.
AU - Duarte J.
AU - Gomes G.
AU - Gadelha B.
AU - Conte T.
PY - 2022
SP - 281
EP - 288
DO - 10.5220/0011067900003182