Technology Facilitates Physical Activity Through Gamification: A Thematic Analysis of an 8-Week Study

Gamification, motivational affordances, Older Adults

Thematic Analysis of an Eight-Week study of Older Adult’s Physical Activity Citation: Kappen, D. L., Mirza-babaei, P., & Nacke, L. E. (2020). Technology Facilitates Physical Activity Through Gamification: A Thematic Analysis of an 8-Week Study. Frontiers in Computer Science, 2(September). https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2020.530309 Featured Image: David-Marcu, Unsplash Gamification has enabled technology to facilitate behaviour change through increasing

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Designing Inter-generational Gameplay

Assistive Technology, Behaviour Change Theory, Gameful Design, Gameplay, Gamification, motivational affordances, Older Adults

Relationships can be fostered between older persons and grandchildren through inter-generational gameplay. The key challenges are to set out methodologies for designing these interactions to stimulate inter-generational gameplay. Design methodologies to define these interactions are open for critical discussion because the domain of defining a design process for inter-generational gameplay remains open for future research.

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