"""Gotta Catch `Em All"" - Game Design Patterns for Guild Quests in Higher Education"

Knautz, Kathrin; Göretz, Julia; Wintermeyer, Anja

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Title

"""Gotta Catch `Em All"" - Game Design Patterns for Guild Quests in Higher Education"

Author(s)

• Knautz, Kathrin
• Göretz, Julia
• Wintermeyer, Anja

Issue Date

2014-03-01

Keyword(s)

gamification; game pattern; guilds; quests; higher education

Abstract

The system of modern higher education has gone through many reforms, but still features many deficits in terms of knowledge acquisition and learning methods. The concept of gamification, which means the implementation of game elements in non-game contexts, offers a possible solution and increases motivation and participation among the students. Therefore the project The Legend of Zyren was initiated to mediate learning contents via a gamified framework. This part of the study focuses the so called guild quests (group tasks) and their principles of construction regarding the collaborative and the competitive game pattern, which ultimately result in an increase of the learning success. The results of a final evaluation confirm the usefulness of the use of game elements and game patterns with regard to content mastery and learning progress.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2014 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

english

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/47275

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/14319

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