- Engagement
- Motivation
- Achievement
- Enjoyment

Example Learner Outcomes and Gamification in Education

- avatars
- quests and challenges
- badges
- points and levels
- onboarding
- replay
- unlocking content
- customizing 

Game Elements used in Educational Applications

Uses of gamification within an educational/academic setting are to increase learning outcomes within the course and create extrinsic motivators to continue to use the game through various gamification tools

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New York University

Types of Mobile Applications that Use Gameification

Alsawaier, R.S. (2017). The effect of gamification on motivation and engagement, The International journal of Information and Learning Technology. 35(1), 55-79.

The effect of gamification on motivation and engagement

Nah, F. F. H., Zeng, Q., Telaprolu, V. R., Ayyappa, A. P., & Eschenbrenner, B. (2014). Gamification of education: a review of literature. In HCI in Business: First International Conference, HCIB 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014. Proceedings 1 (pp. 401-409). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07293-7_39

Gamification of Education: A Review of Literature

Health and fitness applications use gamification to encourage users to change behavior. Various game elements are used in these applications. 64% of the top 50 health/fitness mobile applications in 2019 feature game elements to promote health and fitness realted activities from their users. The most commonly used game elements are goals and social influences.

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