Oneup learning: A course gamification platform

Abstract

Gamification of education is still evolving. It lacks systematic studies assessing its effect in different contexts. Creating a gamified course is still time-consuming and design limited. As a response to these challenges, we developed OneUp Learning – a customizable platform aimed at facilitating the process of gamifying learning activities and enabling contextual studies. In this paper we present the platform architecture and its functionality, which includes support for integrating game design elements in learning activities, for creation of dynamic problems and for visualizing student performance and progress. At the end, we present a usability study of the platform and the assessment results from an end user perspective.