All Outputs (8)

Gamification for student engagement: a framework (2021)
Journal Article
Rivera, E. S., & Garden, C. L. P. (2021). Gamification for student engagement: a framework. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 45(7), 999-1012. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2021.1875201

Gamification, the application of game elements to non-game situations, has gained traction in education as a mechanism for improving motivation and/or learning outcomes. Although it is widely accepted that gamification enhances these aspects of engag... Read More about Gamification for student engagement: a framework.

Gamifying Formative Assessments for Student Engagement: The First Real How-To (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Rivera, E., & Garden, C. (2019, November). Gamifying Formative Assessments for Student Engagement: The First Real How-To. Presented at SEDA Autumn Conference 2019, Leeds, UK

Over the past three years, Edinburgh Napier University has invested significant resources in supporting a programme-focused approach to learning. Vital to this is the effectiveness of highquality formative assessments in its modules. However, forma... Read More about Gamifying Formative Assessments for Student Engagement: The First Real How-To.

Gamification for Engagement: A Framework to Study and Apply Gamification (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Garden, C., & Rivera, E. (2019, June). Gamification for Engagement: A Framework to Study and Apply Gamification. Presented at ENU Research Conference 2019, Edinburgh

We will showcase research currently underway through a PhD studentship entitled ‘Does Gamification improve engagement with, and effectiveness of formative assessment?’. We first define gamification and explain the theoretical basis of the new Gamific... Read More about Gamification for Engagement: A Framework to Study and Apply Gamification.

Putting theory into practice: gamification for student engagement (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Garden, C., & Rivera, E. (2018). Putting theory into practice: gamification for student engagement. In EDULEARN18 Proceedings (4563-4570). https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2018.1138

Gamification is the use of game design elements in a non-game contexts [1]. It is an intervention that has been used in a business setting for a number of years and is now becoming more and more applied in higher education [2]. We present the practic... Read More about Putting theory into practice: gamification for student engagement.

Theory and Games: Developing a method for gamifying Higher Education (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Rivera, E. S., & Garden, C. L. P. (2018). Theory and Games: Developing a method for gamifying Higher Education. In EDULEARN18 Proceedings

Gamification, the use of game attributes in non-game context, is used in the private sector as well as education[1]. Research into Gamified Learning (GL) often focuses on case studies of impact or value [2], and can suffer from a lack of parsimony. T... Read More about Theory and Games: Developing a method for gamifying Higher Education.

Game on! (2018)
Journal Article
Rivera, E. S. (2018). Game on!. Ology: Reviews in Applied Sciences, 1, 8-9. https://doi.org/10.14297/ras.v1i1.4

Diving into a diverse array of case studies in gamification and gameful design in higher education, Kevin Bell’s Game on! is a series of brief looks that feel in-depth.

Five minutes of face time (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Davison, B., Rivera, E., & Fotheringham, J. (2015). Five minutes of face time. In EDULEARN15 Proceedings (6951-6957)

Despite the disadvantages of large class sizes identified by Cuseo [1], it is no longer unusual for university class sizes to far exceed 100 students. According to Cuseo, students in large classes typically receive less frequent, poorer quality inter... Read More about Five minutes of face time.

Ministry of Time
Book
Bishop, D., & Rivera, E. Ministry of Time. Bastei LLC

In 2017 myself and Edinburgh Napier PhD student Errol Rivera were contracted by German Publisher Bastei LLC to create and write Ministry of Time, a six-book science fiction narrative intended for publication as a serialised narrative for mobile phone... Read More about Ministry of Time.