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Gamification strategies are often used in contexts where heterogeneous people have to accomplish heterogeneous tasks, in order to foster their motivation and to scaffold their engagement in the long term. In order to improve gamification quality, many scholars investigated the relationship among personality types, game mechanics and enjoyment of the gamified activities. This literature review analyses the main findings in this field, in order to define a starting point for future research about a framework able to enhance the gamification design through the customization of the reward system, according to personality types.
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Botte, B., Medaglia, C.M. (2020). A Practical Framework for Enhancing the Effectiveness of Gamification Taking into Account Personality Types in HEIs. In: Stephanidis, C., Antona, M. (eds) HCI International 2020 - Posters. HCII 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1224. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50726-8_16
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