Gamificação na educação: uso da mecânica dos jogos no ambiente de aprendizagem

Abstract

Contemporary society is characterized by knowledge mediated by information and communication technologies (ICT) which, through technological artifacts created by society itself, are disseminators of the growing amount of available information. In this context, new resources and engagement strategies are emerging all the time, in order to support new educational models, less authoritarian and more collaborative. Among the resources that have gained prominence in recent years is gamification, the use of game elements in non-game contexts. In this sense, this work aims to delimit a scope of study of gamification within education. In this way, a synthesis of the concept of the term is presented, approaching topics about the importance of the emotional aspect in this context, in addition to the characteristics extracted from the games in use of artifacts and environments that use gamification. As a result, it was found that gamification starts from the concept of stimulating thinking systematically as in a game, in order to solve problems, improve products, processes, objects and environments with a focus on motivation and engagement of a specific audience. The focus of gamification is to emotionally involve the individual using mechanisms from games, favoring the creation of an environment conducive to the individual's engagement. Finally, a series of mechanisms from games that can be used in the gamification process are listed.