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Gamification aware: users perception about game elements on non-game context

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Angelina Ziesemer,

Luana Müller,

Milene SilveiraAuthors Info & Claims

IHC '13: Proceedings of the 12th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 276 - 279

Published: 08 October 2013 Publication History

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Many applications such as Foursquase, Stackoverflow and Livemocha are using gamification to try keep users motivated to perform tasks that require the users collaboration and to increase data collection from users feedback. The term gamification refers to the use of game elements on systems and researchers from human-computer interaction (HCI) area have recently started studies to explore its effects on user experiences. In this paper we report the results from a survey performed with 368 participants about the use of gamification, their motivation and perception about it. The results show that users are not aware from some game elements and they have distinct motivation and knowledge about gamification.

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Gamification aware: users perception about game elements on non-game context
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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IHC '13: Proceedings of the 12th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems

October 2013

371 pages

ISBN:9788576692782

General Chairs:
Tayana Conte
UFAM
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Thaís Castro
UFAM
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Bruno Santana da Silva
UFRN
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Simone Diniz Junqueira Barbosa
PUC-Rio

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SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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Brazilian Computer Society

Porto Alegre, Brazil

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Published: 08 October 2013

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October 8 - 11, 2013

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