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Reimagining leaderboards: towards gamifying competency models through social game mechanics

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Peter Pennefather,

Deborah I. FelsAuthors Info & Claims

Gamification '13: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Gameful Design, Research, and Applications

Pages 107 - 110

https://doi.org/10.1145/2583008.2583026

Published: 02 October 2013 Publication History

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Competency models have been widely employed within education, training and development contexts. In particular, medical education programs have become a platform of exploration around innovations in competency-based assessment. Approaches that employ dynamic, flexible models in a social context are now being sought. In this paper, we present the design of a deliberately gamifiable competency model system that encourages pre-professional development through collaborative peer appraisals. We propose a framework for incorporating social game mechanics into a competency modelling system and draw attention to how a collaborative approach to evidencing progress is a potentially fruitful solution to the threat of demotivation associated with the competitive slant of traditional leaderboards.

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Reimagining leaderboards: towards gamifying competency models through social game mechanics
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
      1. Integrated and visual development environments

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Gamification '13: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Gameful Design, Research, and Applications

October 2013

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DOI:10.1145/2583008

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