The impact of gamification: A recommendation of scenarios for education

Many students play (computer) games during leisure time. While playing those games they adopt skills which can be easily addressed when it comes to teaching of more sophisticated knowledge. Nevertheless many educators today dissipate this opportunity. Some others have already evaluated gaming scenarios and methods for teaching students and have created the term “gamification”. This paper will describe the history among this new term and explain the possible impact on teaching. It will take well-researched facts into consideration to discuss the potential. Moreover scenarios will be demonstrated and evaluated for educators to use and adopt on their own.