Would I Use It? A Study with Experts Exploring Game Design Storytelling as a Facilitating Process for Creating Educational Gamification

João Bernardo, Fernanda Pires, Sheila Reinehr, Marcela Pessoa, Tayana Conte

2025

Abstract

Educational gamification can improve student engagement, motivation, or performance; however, educators face challenges in aligning game elements with learning objectives. This article presents the Game Design Storytelling (GDS) process, developed to assist professors in creating gamified lessons that integrate game elements with learning objectives. The process uses a narrative structure as a guide for developing the elements, aiming to increase student engagement and motivation. A two-stage study was conducted to evaluate the ease of use of the process. In the first stage, education experts participated in focus group sessions to provide feedback on the process. Based on this feedback, an improved version of the process was developed. In the second stage, this new version was evaluated by more experts, who provided positive feedback on the implemented improvements. The results indicate that experts felt more inclined to use the new version of the process, with some expressing a desire to use the gamification generated in this study.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Bernardo J., Pires F., Reinehr S., Pessoa M. and Conte T. (2025). Would I Use It? A Study with Experts Exploring Game Design Storytelling as a Facilitating Process for Creating Educational Gamification. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-746-7, SciTePress, pages 436-443. DOI: 10.5220/0013294600003932

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu25,
author={João Bernardo and Fernanda Pires and Sheila Reinehr and Marcela Pessoa and Tayana Conte},
title={Would I Use It? A Study with Experts Exploring Game Design Storytelling as a Facilitating Process for Creating Educational Gamification},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU},
year={2025},
pages={436-443},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013294600003932},
isbn={978-989-758-746-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU
TI - Would I Use It? A Study with Experts Exploring Game Design Storytelling as a Facilitating Process for Creating Educational Gamification
SN - 978-989-758-746-7
AU - Bernardo J.
AU - Pires F.
AU - Reinehr S.
AU - Pessoa M.
AU - Conte T.
PY - 2025
SP - 436
EP - 443
DO - 10.5220/0013294600003932
PB - SciTePress