TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrating motivational techniques into learning management systems
AU - Graf, Sabine
AU - Lachance, Philippe
AU - Mishra, Biswajeet
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Singapore.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Motivation is a key factor in education. However, learning systems typically do not directly consider motivational aspects to increase students’ motivation. While there are a few systems that tapped into this area, they use either one motivational technique that can be applied in different settings or multiple motivational techniques that are then bound to a specific setting (e.g. a specific course/topic). In this paper, we propose the design, implementation and verification of four motivational techniques as well as a tracking mechanism to gather information on how students use the respective techniques. These techniques are system independent and content independent, and can therefore be used in any learning system and for any course. The motivational techniques were integrated into Moodle and verified through case studies. By integrating motivational techniques into learning systems, students can benefit from increased motivation, which again can have a positive impact on their overall performance.
AB - Motivation is a key factor in education. However, learning systems typically do not directly consider motivational aspects to increase students’ motivation. While there are a few systems that tapped into this area, they use either one motivational technique that can be applied in different settings or multiple motivational techniques that are then bound to a specific setting (e.g. a specific course/topic). In this paper, we propose the design, implementation and verification of four motivational techniques as well as a tracking mechanism to gather information on how students use the respective techniques. These techniques are system independent and content independent, and can therefore be used in any learning system and for any course. The motivational techniques were integrated into Moodle and verified through case studies. By integrating motivational techniques into learning systems, students can benefit from increased motivation, which again can have a positive impact on their overall performance.
KW - Learning management systems
KW - Motivation
KW - Motivational techniques
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-287-868-7_20
DO - 10.1007/978-981-287-868-7_20
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:85000356603
SN - 2196-4963
SP - 173
EP - 184
JO - Lecture Notes in Educational Technology
JF - Lecture Notes in Educational Technology
IS - 9789812878663
ER -