Enhancing Student Engagement and Motivation in Distance Learning through Structural Gamification: A Framework for Implementation and Outcomes

Abstract

The primary objective of using gamification in any domain is to enhance user engagement while maintaining trust in the process. Within education, gamification aims to increase student participation in the learning process, often without their conscious realisation, by emulating participant behaviour. This unconscious engagement is significant as it fosters the substitution of external motivation with internal motivation, eliciting involuntary attention, which is more effective in the learning process. Furthermore, attention, memory, and perception significantly influence the memorisation process.