Publication: Evaluating a gamification proposal for learning usability heuristics: Heureka
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Sobrino-Duque, Raimel ; Martínez-Rojo, Noelia ; Carrillo de Gea, Juan Manuel ; López-Jiménez, Juan José ; Nicolás, Joaquín ; Fernández Alemán, José Luis
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Elsevier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2022.102774
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© 2022 The Author(s). This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. This document is The Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2022.102774
Abstract
This paper presents the results of an educational experiment conducted to determine whether an automated, card-based gamification strategy has an impact on the learning of Jakob Nielsen’s 10 heuristic usability rules. The participants in the experiment were 55 students enrolled on a human-computer interaction course. According to the results of the experiment and the hypothesis tests performed to compare both traditional and gamified approaches, there were no significant differences (t (53) = 0.66, p = 0.52), although the scores attained by the students who used the gamification strategy were slightly better when evaluated one week later (M = 6.29 and M = 6.57 out of 10, respectively). Moreover, the students’ perceptions reflect that the proposed tool is easy to use (MD = 4.00 out of 5) and useful as regards learning (MD = 4.00 out of 5). Further research is needed to determine whether incorporating other gamification elements, such as rankings, difficulty levels, and game modes, would have a positive impact on student motivation, engagement and performance.
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Int. J. Human-Computer Studies 161 (2022) 102774
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