How Enterprise Software Gamification Tools Increase Student Engagement and Retention

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How Enterprise Software Gamification
ToolsIncrease Student Engagement and Retention

• Build Community, Motivate Participation
• Boost Learning Outcomes

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Gamification is Built into Social Enterprise
SoftwareGaming tools create a familiar learning
environment.

• Students come to campus with years of experience
  in a virtual world that develops specific skills
  and techniques.
• They are accustomed to the opportunities and
  rewards of a gaming environment.
• College is a high stakes game with a long
  feedback cycle. Gamification offers learning
  experiences with low stakes and rapid feedback.

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Gamification Develops Multiple Dimensions of
Learning

• Emotional learning games stimulate emotional
  reactions of joy at success, or frustration at
  failure. Games require repeated failure to
  achieve ultimate success.
• The lesson is how to overcome failure.
• Cognitive learning complex rules and levels
  engage players, guiding them through to mastery.
• The lesson is mastering complex systems to
  accomplish difficult tasks.
• Social learning players assume varying roles,
  seeing their options from different viewpoints.
• The lesson is students can try on different
  roles as they explore new subjects and develop
  their future academic and life choices.1

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Gamification Tools Engage and Motivate
StudentsStudents earn points and rewards for
ongoing participation.

• Award students points for
• Posting information on their student profile
• Visiting a community discussion board daily
• Commenting on other posts.

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Apply Gamification in the Classroom

• Use the institutions social enterprise software
  to
• Award achievement badges for projects or course
  outcomes
• Post achievement badges on student profile pages
• Replace grading with gaming rewards, or implement
  a gaming points system to feed into grading.

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Build Community by Facilitating
ConnectionEnterprise software helps students
connect, learn, and earn rewards

• Students become part of a larger, even global
  virtual campus
• Easy, quick access to experts in a field enriches
  their learning experience
• Recognize research acquired through their own
  outreach efforts
• Motivate and reward interest in research and
  continued participation in linked communities

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Motivate and Reward Students with Gaming Quests

• Offer course-related quests that allow students
  to demonstrate expertise and share challenges.
• Reward achievements with a mix of badges, game
  cards, coupons, or other prizes.
• Create new incentives to achieve incent and
  track participation with customized initiatives.

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Level-based Reward Structures Recognize and
Encourage Mastery of Skills

• Structured Rewards Motivate Students to Level
  Up
• Use the natural gaming process of completing
  levels to lead students to mastery.
• Recognize achievements on leaderboards with
  certificates or ratings that point to skills
  mastered.
• Award students badges to collect, acknowledging
  their success as a Strategic Thinker, or IT
  Expert, or Fastest Gamer.

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Enterprise Software Gamification Tools Work for
Colleges and Universities

• Link all communities into a networked global
  campus, with private social enterprise software.
• Use powerful gamification tools to engage
  students accustomed to the mechanics and skills
  of the gaming world.
• Incent participation through structured levels
  and rewards, to achieve increased student
  retention and superior learning outcomes.

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HiveSocialTM for Higher Education by Enterprise
Hive transforms the educational institution into
a social campus by easily connecting all its
constituents, using embedded gaming mechanics and
more.
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SUMMARY

• Use enterprise software with gamification tools
  to increase student engagement and retention.
  Built-in gamification creates a familiar learning
  environment with tools that grow community, like
  recognition for participation, level awards,
  badges, and more. Improved skills and strong
  community lead to increased student retention.

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