Enhancing student engagement through a gamified feedback loop in computer science

Damien Anderson; Lee Clift; Warren Chan

doi:10.1145/3754508.3754527

Enhancing student engagement through a gamified feedback loop in computer science

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UKICER '25: Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on UK and Ireland Computing Education Research
Editors	Fiona McNeill, Cristina Alexandru, Sue Sentance, Quintin Cutts
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	1-1
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	979-8-4007-2078-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3754508.3754527
Publication status	Published - 3 Sept 2025
Event	UKICER 2025: UK and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Sept 2025 → 5 Sept 2025

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Conference	UKICER 2025: UK and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	4/09/25 → 5/09/25

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

computing education
feedback
automated feedback
gamification
gamified feedback

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Anderson, D., Clift, L., & Chan, W. (2025). Enhancing student engagement through a gamified feedback loop in computer science. In F. McNeill, C. Alexandru, S. Sentance, & Q. Cutts (Eds.), UKICER '25: Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on UK and Ireland Computing Education Research (pp. 1-1). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3754508.3754527

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Anderson, D , Clift, L & Chan, W 2025, Enhancing student engagement through a gamified feedback loop in computer science. in F McNeill, C Alexandru, S Sentance & Q Cutts (eds), UKICER '25: Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on UK and Ireland Computing Education Research. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 1-1, UKICER 2025: UK and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 4/09/25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3754508.3754527

Enhancing student engagement through a gamified feedback loop in computer science. / Anderson, Damien ; Clift, Lee ; Chan, Warren.
UKICER '25: Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on UK and Ireland Computing Education Research. ed. / Fiona McNeill; Cristina Alexandru; Sue Sentance; Quintin Cutts. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2025. p. 1-1.

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Enhancing student engagement through a gamified feedback loop in computer science

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