Towards designing a mobile social learning application with meaningful gamification strategies

Sei Young Kim; Hyo Jeong So; Soonmo Kwon; Seungjae Oh; Kyudong Park; Minjin Ko; Jaewon Yoo; Gyuhwan Oh

doi:10.1109/ICALT.2015.23

Towards designing a mobile social learning application with meaningful gamification strategies

Sei Young Kim, Hyo Jeong So, Soonmo Kwon, Seungjae Oh, Kyudong Park, Minjin Ko, Jaewon Yoo, Gyuhwan Oh

Department of Educational Technology

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Abstract

In this paper, we present the research in-progress, which aims to design a mobile application that can support social learning experiences in a game-like environment. Our research was mainly motivated by the fundamental dilemma in children and new media that the penetration of digital media in children's life poses both opportunities and risks. Adopting the key ideas of serious games, we have been investigating the design and development of a mobile social learning application leveraging the affordances of social networks and gamification. The purpose of this paper is to provide the initial design framework that has guided the design of our mobile social learning application. In particular, we present the analysis of the existing social networking sites designed for children, and extracted essential features. Overall, we found that the existing platforms are lack of supporting children's internal motivation, and adaptation features for emergent and customizable structures. Design ideas and rationales are presented to demonstrate how our application has been conceptualized to incorporate meaningful gamification and adaptive learning strategies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
Subtitle of host publication	Advanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning, ICALT 2015
Editors	Nian-Shing Chen, Tzu-Chien Liu, Kinshuk, Ronghuai Huang, Gwo-Jen Hwang, Demetrios G. Sampson, Chin-Chung Tsai
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	170-174
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467373333
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2015.23
State	Published - 14 Sep 2015
Event	15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2015 - Hualien, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: 6 Jul 2015 → 9 Jul 2015

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Name	Proceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: Advanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning, ICALT 2015

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Conference	15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2015
Country/Territory	Taiwan, Province of China
City	Hualien
Period	6/07/15 → 9/07/15

Keywords

Children
Collaborative learning
Design framework
Mobile
Platform
Social network service

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Kim, S. Y., So, H. J., Kwon, S., Oh, S., Park, K., Ko, M., Yoo, J., & Oh, G. (2015). Towards designing a mobile social learning application with meaningful gamification strategies. In N-S. Chen, T-C. Liu, Kinshuk, R. Huang, G-J. Hwang, D. G. Sampson, & C-C. Tsai (Eds.), Proceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: Advanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning, ICALT 2015 (pp. 170-174). [7265297] (Proceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: Advanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning, ICALT 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2015.23

Kim, Sei Young ; So, Hyo Jeong ; Kwon, Soonmo et al. / Towards designing a mobile social learning application with meaningful gamification strategies. Proceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: Advanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning, ICALT 2015. editor / Nian-Shing Chen ; Tzu-Chien Liu ; Kinshuk ; Ronghuai Huang ; Gwo-Jen Hwang ; Demetrios G. Sampson ; Chin-Chung Tsai. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. pp. 170-174 (Proceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: Advanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning, ICALT 2015).

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