Enhancing Engagement With Gamification: Education, Business, and Healthcare Perspectives

Book excerpt: Gamification is transforming how we engage with various aspects of life by applying game design elements like points, badges, and challenges. Originally popular in video games, it now influences fields such as education, business, and healthcare. In education, gamification enhances student engagement, motivation, and knowledge retention by creating interactive learning experiences. Businesses leverage it to boost employee productivity, improve customer loyalty, and make tasks more rewarding. Similarly, healthcare uses gamification to promote healthier behaviors and improve patient adherence to treatment plans through engaging tools and applications. Exploring the transformative potential of gamification empowers these fields to craft more engaging and impactful experiences. Enhancing Engagement With Gamification: Education, Business, and Healthcare Perspectives provides a comprehensive exploration of how gamification is being utilized across education, business, and healthcare sectors. Through a collection of theoretical insights, practical strategies, and real-world case studies, this book illustrates the transformative potential of gamification. Covering topics such as architectural education, geriatric nursing, and user experience, this book is an excellent resource for educators, business leaders, healthcare professionals, managers, human resources professionals, organizational development specialists, doctors, nurses, therapists, academicians, and more.