Gamification Group | Gamification

March 18, 2021 In Augmented Reality, Gamification, Open positions, Virtual Reality By Henrietta Jylhä

Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Researcher/Doctoral Researcher (Gamification, Games, Extended Reality, Human-Computer Interaction) in Flagship Forest-Human-Machine Interplay (UNITE), 4-6 positions

Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences create a unique environment for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and education. Our universities community has its competitive edges in technology, health and society www.tuni.fi/en The openings are positioned in the Forest-Human-Machine Interplay (UNITE) Flagship’s work package on Gameful...

March 11, 2021 In CFP, Event, Gamification By Henrietta Jylhä

Call for Papers: Gamification at the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Gamification refers to a “process of transforming any activity, system, service, product or organizational structure into one which affords positive experiences, skills and practices similar to those afforded by games, and is often referred to as the gameful experience. This is commonly but optionally done...

January 9, 2021 In Achievements, Augmented Reality, Gamification, News, Streaming, Virtual Reality By Henrietta Jylhä

Gamification Group in 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Science with collaborations in 6 papers and 4 tracks

The year has started with great news for us! Gamification Group in 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS) represents with collaborations in 6 papers and 4 tracks, e.g. in the areas of XR and gamification: Papers: Bujić, M., Xi, N., & Hamari, J. (2021). Emotional...

January 7, 2021 In eSports, Gamification, Open positions, Virtual Reality By Henrietta Jylhä

Postdoctoral Researcher / Researcher / Doctoral Researcher (gamification / VR, AR, MR / esports), 2-4 positions

Gamification Group (GG) at Faculty of information Technology and Communication Science, Tampere University (headed by Prof. Hamari) is internationally revered for seminal academic and societal contributions in the areas of novel technologies such as motivational information systems (e.g. gamification, game-based learning, quantified-self, persuasive technologies), internet...

December 11, 2020 In Gamification, Publication, ReClaim, Urban Play By Mattia Thibault

Digital Playful Tourism

Tourism has become one of the central cultural practices of our time. The year 2018 has set a new record of international tourist arrivals: 1,4 billion, according to the World Tourism Organization (UNTWO). The factors behind these all-time high numbers are many and range from...

November 26, 2020 In Gamification By Henrietta Jylhä

Gamification for better understanding of statistics

The lack of statistical and data literacy has been deemed one of the main causes behind our inability to act against great challenges of our times such as climate change or COVID-19 pandemic or to create a sustainable future in the direction of SDG 2030....

October 28, 2020 In Gamification By Henrietta Jylhä

Archetypes of Gamification: Analysis of mHealth Apps

Following the proliferation of smartphones and other smart devices into people’s everyday lives during the last decade, mobile application stores provide users with a plethora of different health-related mobile applications (mHealth apps). In such mHealth apps, gamification presents itself as a promising approach to increase...

July 11, 2020 In Gamification, Publication, Urban Play By Lobna Hassan

Gameful civic engagement: A review of the literature on gamification of e- participation

In recent years, we have seen an increased utilization of gamification to foster citizen engagement with the governance of their countries and communities. This, at its best, has beenan endeavor to progress the democraticness of governance or at least to progress its efficiency. However, there...

July 9, 2020 In Gamification, Publication By Henrietta Jylhä

Tailored gamification: A review of literature

The corpus of research about the effects of gamification on people's motivations and behavior have been on the rise (Koivisto & Hamari, 2019). This has been a tremendously positive development in the field of gamification, which has called for more rigorous basic research for the...

March 30, 2020 In Gamification By Henrietta Jylhä

Tool or Toy? Does it matter for productivity how you perceive the application?

Where game and utility merge, users’ view of a system affect their continued use Most information technologies we use today are multifaceted services catering for a range of needs: We often use the same platforms for both leisure and work or at least many services have...