Gamification: Is Competition Engaging or Demotivating?
Summary
What motivates one person might rub the other up the wrong way, bore them to tears or deter them from ever making any progress. We talk a lot about gamification and how badges, experience points and leaderboards help to encourage learners to try harder, log on more often and push their development forward. They’ll be more likely to complete their assigned eLearning modules, explore their Learning Management System and do everything they can to gain extra points and badges because they want to climb up the leaderboard. The more eLearning modules/tests/assessments they do and the more they interact with their LMS (by searching, exploring and sharing on social media) the higher they climb up the leaderboard. From leaderboards to experience points, from levels to virtual badges; there’s plenty of ways to implement this on your learning solution!