A RECIPE for Meaningful Gamification

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The effect of gamification on motivation and engagement (2018, background): “It is important when designing a gamified course fully or partially to create a challenge, when possible, that is appropriate to the level of the students to maintain their engagement (Nicholson, 2015).”
Gamification in the Workplace: The Central Role of the Aesthetic Experience (2017, background): “deep engagement; rather, it should also create an avenue that enables individuals to find meaningful connections between their own interests and system use [66, 67, 79].”
Gamifying education: what is known, what is believed and what remains uncertain: a critical review (2017, background): “(Nicholson, 2015) that the combination of points, badges and leaderboards (sometimes referred to as PBL) is the most used one (see Table 5).”
Between Level Up and Game Over: A Systematic Literature Review of Gamification in Education (2021, result): “Most of the studies analyzed, as well as other studies of a qualitative nature [53], used different mechanics and dynamics, highlighting the points–badges– leaderboards (PBL) triad [54], even though other studies [55] varied their indiscriminate use, which may favor only working from extrinsic motiv”