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Combining a Gamified Civic Engagement Platform with a Digital Game in a Loosely Way to Increase Retention

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Renny S. N. Lindberg,

Olga De TroyerAuthors Info & Claims

iiWAS2019: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services

Pages 679 - 683

https://doi.org/10.1145/3366030.3366117

Published: 22 February 2020 Publication History

Abstract

In this article we discuss an innovative approach to tackle the retention problem in civic engagement systems, more in particular in the context of care taking of elderly. The proposed solution is to complement a gamified civic engagement platform with an entertainment game but in such a way that the two are only loosely coupled. The civic engagement platform is a location-based card environment that allows to connect people who might be in need of assistance (i.e. elderly) with people willing to spend their time to help (i.e. volunteers). By helping people the volunteers collect cards, which can be used in the game to play. Special is that we do not expect that the volunteers will be the one playing the game. On the contrary, the aim is to create a self-feeding network between two groups of users: on the one hand the volunteers and on the other hand gamers. We hope that the gamers will stimulate the volunteers to collect cards and that in this way we can retain the volunteers for longer periods. Currently, the approach is being implemented for the case of assisting elderly, but the principle is also applicable in other domains of civic engagement. The paper discusses the research goals and problems, the research approach, as well as the current state and future work.

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De Troyer OMaushagen JLindberg RBreckx D(2020)Playful Learning with a Location-Based Digital Card Environment: A Promising Tool for Informal, Non-Formal, and Formal LearningInformation10.3390/info1103015711:3(157)Online publication date: 15-Mar-2020
https://doi.org/10.3390/info11030157

Index Terms

Combining a Gamified Civic Engagement Platform with a Digital Game in a Loosely Way to Increase Retention
1. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
  2. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Virtual worlds software
        Interactive games

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De Troyer OMaushagen JLindberg RBreckx D(2020)Playful Learning with a Location-Based Digital Card Environment: A Promising Tool for Informal, Non-Formal, and Formal LearningInformation10.3390/info1103015711:3(157)Online publication date: 15-Mar-2020
https://doi.org/10.3390/info11030157

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