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Metrics Feedback Cycle: measuring and improving user engagement in gamified eLearning systems

Metrics Feedback Cycle: measuring and improving user engagement in gamified eLearning systems
Metrics Feedback Cycle: measuring and improving user engagement in gamified eLearning systems
This paper presents the identification, design and implementation of a set of metrics of user engagement in a gamified eLearning application. The 'Metrics Feedback Cycle' (MFC) is introduced as a formal process prescribing the iterative evaluation and improvement of application-wide engagement, using data collected from metrics as input to improve related engagement features. This framework was showcased using a gamified eLearning application as a case study. In this paper, we designed a prototype and tested it with thirty-six (N=36) students to validate the effectiveness of the MFC. The analysis and interpretation of metrics data shows that the gamification features had a positive effect on user engagement, and helped identify areas in which this could be improved. We conclude that the MFC has applications in gamified systems that seek to maximise engagement by iteratively evaluating implemented features against a set of evolving metrics.
gamification, eLearning, metrics
2384-8766
3-19
Atkins, Adam
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Wanick, Vanissa
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Wills, Gary
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Atkins, Adam
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Wills, Gary
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Atkins, Adam, Wanick, Vanissa and Wills, Gary (2017) Metrics Feedback Cycle: measuring and improving user engagement in gamified eLearning systems. International Journal of Serious Games, 4 (4), 3-19, [1]. (doi:10.17083/ijsg.v4i4.192).

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This paper presents the identification, design and implementation of a set of metrics of user engagement in a gamified eLearning application. The 'Metrics Feedback Cycle' (MFC) is introduced as a formal process prescribing the iterative evaluation and improvement of application-wide engagement, using data collected from metrics as input to improve related engagement features. This framework was showcased using a gamified eLearning application as a case study. In this paper, we designed a prototype and tested it with thirty-six (N=36) students to validate the effectiveness of the MFC. The analysis and interpretation of metrics data shows that the gamification features had a positive effect on user engagement, and helped identify areas in which this could be improved. We conclude that the MFC has applications in gamified systems that seek to maximise engagement by iteratively evaluating implemented features against a set of evolving metrics.

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Accepted/In Press date: 8 August 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 22 December 2017
Published date: December 2017
Keywords: gamification, eLearning, metrics

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Local EPrints ID: 416710
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/416710
ISSN: 2384-8766
PURE UUID: 2dd4aeff-6669-486d-93cf-33ea5522d71c
ORCID for Vanissa Wanick: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6367-1202
ORCID for Gary Wills: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5771-4088

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Date deposited: 05 Jan 2018 17:30
Last modified: 28 Mar 2024 02:51

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Author: Adam Atkins
Author: Vanissa Wanick ORCID iD
Author: Gary Wills ORCID iD

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