{"id":2676,"date":"2014-04-19T20:58:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T00:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingps.paradisosolutions.com\/blog\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2026-04-08T01:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:55:29","slug":"psychology-gamification-elearning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingps.paradisosolutions.com\/blog\/psychology-gamification-elearning\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychology of Gamification in eLearning"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does it make a game so addictive and appealing? We try to answer this question by presenting the Game Mechanics and Dynamics<\/span> \u00a0graphic so you can have an idea of how the human mind works and triggers with game exposure and can be used for gamification<\/span> in eLearning.<\/strong> Understanding the psychology and theory of this in the Gamification in eLearning context is as important as designing and planning a virtual course.<\/p>\n

\"Gamification<\/p>\n

On top of the chart, we can see basic human emotions and desires such as reward, status, and achievements which are at the same time, buttons that get push<\/span> by games. So for instance, little kids that don\u2019t tend to have sense<\/span> of those<\/span> human desires, unless not on a conscious level, can get those emotions when playing on a laptop or on their parents\u2019 cellphone<\/span>. They don\u2019t have power<\/span>, resources or freedom but<\/span> games gives<\/span> them exactly that. They give an opportunity to own status and through those LMS platforms<\/a>, people can fulfill basic human desires.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As you can see in the image, the green squares show certain desires triggered by an<\/span> specific game mechanic. The virtual world gives people all those gamification<\/span> benefits, and that is what makes games so addictive. If you find the perfect balance between those two elements and combine technology and<\/span> psychology, you will have a successful game as result<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Gamification<\/b><\/b>This theory is directly\u00a0<\/strong>associated with emotions<\/strong>. Education as we have known<\/span> it so far is more plain and lack of emotions. If we think about it, we used to feel real emotions when having a presentation or having a test back. In contrast, people have emotions every few seconds when playing a game.<\/p>\n

There are three main physiological components of gamification<\/span> that makes the learning experience different from any other strategies of traditional education: efficacy, safety which<\/span> refers to the safe environment to fail, and personalization.<\/strong> Students can control environment<\/span> inside games and not expose themselves in a classroom in front of everyone when they don\u2019t know the answer and none of these<\/span> happens inside education environment. From the teacher<\/span> point of view, gamification<\/span> can help in terms of productivity as it encourages students to share their knowledge and creates a collaboration environment.<\/p>\n


\n<\/b>If educators took that theory into the eLearning world, they would be allowed to tie together abstract skills under a game platform:<\/strong> reading, comprehension, analysis, among others; while giving their students more opportunities to master knowledge than in real world<\/span>. Gamification<\/span> in eLearning is more than a concept, is an educational practice that if used in a proper way, gives amazing results to both teachers and students.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Check out this play list on Gamification!<\/h2>\n