Gamification and the Progressive Challenge Design Pattern

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gamification-progressive-challenge-design-pattern-robert-bilyk

Sebastian Deterding and his online portfolio at http://codingconduct.cc/

online instructors can use gamification to boost student interest in their content.

Educational games can ‘hook’ students through extrinsic motivators and gradually promote an appreciation of the content and a level of satisfaction from the pursuit of knowledge and the solution of problems.