Enhancing student engagement through a gamified feedback loop in computer science

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Anderson, Damien and Clift, Lee and Chan, Warren; McNeill, Fiona and Alexandru, Cristina and Sentance, Sue and Cutts, Quintin, eds. (2025) Enhancing student engagement through a gamified feedback loop in computer science. In: UKICER '25: Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on UK and Ireland Computing Education Research. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), GBR, p. 1. ISBN 979-8-4007-2078-9 (https://doi.org/10.1145/3754508.3754527)

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Abstract

This paper introduces a Gamified Feedback Loop (GFL), an in-situ feedback mechanism that provides the benefits of an automated marking mechanism. The GFL led to reduced stress levels among students through timely and relevant feedback.

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Anderson, Damien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8554-3068, Clift, Lee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8313-9934 and Chan, Warren; McNeill, Fiona, Alexandru, Cristina, Sentance, Sue and Cutts, Quintin
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