Implementation of a Gamification Platform in a Master Degree (Master in Economics)

Nowadays, educational platforms focus on offering content as well as covering the main needs of users. However, very few or almost none offers anything to improve the integration between users and the system. It is intended to use the thinking of games and the mechanics of games to solve these probl...

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Main Authors: Juan Carlos Fernández-Zamora, Daniel Arias-Aranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2017-06-01
Series:WPOM : Working Papers on Operations Management
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Online Access:https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/WPOM/article/view/7431
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