Follow The Science: Gamification of Learning

We knew gamification had an inherent benefit for learners. We've experienced ourselves — in learning coding, or Mandarin, or chess.

But even we were surprised when we read the largest meta-analysis of peer-reviewed studies in the features of gamification in learning.

When designing Rollama, many of these features were intuitive — here's the one-liner on why we included each one:

• Points and XP to feel a sense of progress and literally 'keep score'

• Leaderboards for healthy competition

• Medals and trophies to mark achievements

• Challenges and quests to focus the player's motivation

• Levels for difficulty and a sense of chapters and fresh starts

• Quizzes, well — it's what we do!

• Performance stats for meta-cognition and self-reflection

• Timers to keep things focused

• Avatars to give a sense of ownership and investment

• Competition to spark enthusiasm and energy

• Retries so failure is never a punishment, just a step in learning

• Increasing difficulty to form a constructive path over time

• In-game rewards to keep students coming back

• Adaptive difficulty to allow everyone to succeed

• Multiplayer because sometimes you want to share your learning with friends

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