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What is gamification ? Serious games ?

“Gamification is the application of game-design elements and game principles in non-game contexts.” - Wikipedia

A set of activities and processes to solve problems by using or applying the characteristics of game elements. Gamification commonly employs game design elements to improve :

• User engagement

• Organizational productivity

• Flow

• Learning

• Crowdsourcing

• Employee recruitment and evaluation

• Ease of use

• Usefulness of systems

• ...

A collection of research on gamification shows that a majority of studies on gamification find it has positive effects on individuals.