Learning Through Gamification in Higher Education

Learning Through Play in a University Degree: a Randomized Controlled Trial

"Health care legislation, management and administration" is a basic subject offered in the physical therapy university degree. The juridical features of this subject usually provokes a lack of motivation between students. Although not commonly used in university teaching, gamification could provide further affordances for improving students' engagement which provokes better assistance and learning outcomes.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Engagement, Patient; Motivation
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Gamification; Behavioral: Traditional teaching

Detailed Description

• 51 students of "Health legislation, management and administration" subject of the Physical Therapy University Degree of the Catholic University of Murcia will be recruited.
• Participants will be randomly assigned into two groups: control group (traditional teaching methods) and intervention group (gamification).
• Class attendance and academic results will be register for future analysis.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 106
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Murcia, Spain, 30107
    • Catholic University of Murcia

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Students enrolled in the subject during academic year 19-20.
• Students included must not have taken the subject before.
• Students must be able to understand and speak the Spanish language.

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Gamification group; Problem solving based methodology	Behavioral: Gamification; Teaching through gamification
Active Comparator: Traditional teaching group; Master lesson methodology	Behavioral: Traditional teaching; Teaching through master lesson methodology

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Class attendance	Number of days students attend class. This outcome will be registered each day by the teacher using a standardized attendance sheet template.	Time-to-Event measures: from date of randomization until the end of academic period for a total of 16 week (including two holiday weeks)
Total score	Average score of first and second partial exams. This outcome will be obtained through qualifications in test type exam.	Outcome measures at the end of the academic period, for a total of 16 week (including two holiday weeks)
Partial score	Score achieved in questions related to topics taught in the four intervention classes. This outcome will be obtained through qualifications in test type exam.	Outcome measures at the end of the academic period, for a total of 16 week (including two holiday weeks)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 27, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 3, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): November 3, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 28, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 24, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): February 25, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 4, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 3, 2020
• Last Verified: November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: UCAM-Gamification (PID-12/19); CE012001 (Registry Identifier: UCAM Institutional Ethics committee)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No