Introducing Gamification in Professional Training

Henry Alvear; Hugo Arias-Flores; Carlos Ramos-Galarza; Janio Jadán-Guerrero

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-68080-0_26

Introducing Gamification in Professional Training

Henry Alvear
, Hugo Arias-Flores
, Carlos Ramos-Galarza
, Janio Jadán-Guerrero^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The incorporation of game elements in non-game contexts is a subject of interest in various sectors, such as business, marketing, engineering, medicine, and military. Gamification and serious games have been involved in the rapid adaptation of professional training. The main goal of game thinking is to motivate and engage learners by using game-like techniques. This paper introduces gamification as an innovative approach for police officers to develop the required competencies for upholding the ethics, principles, and values that the Ecuadorian institution and society demand of them. The aim of gamification is to improve the quality and efficiency of the transfer from theory to real-life practice in police training. The paper focuses on the use of technology in a gamified virtual learning environment that simulates scenarios based upon common incidents reported to Ecuadorian police. The evaluation was conducted with 50 police officers. Our initial evaluation demonstrates that gamification has the potential to be scaled to force-wide proportions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Software Engineering Advances - Proceedings of the CIT 2020
Editors	Miguel Botto-Tobar, Henry Cruz, Angela Díaz Cadena
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	343-353
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783030680794
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68080-0_26
State	Published - 2021
Event	15th Multidisciplinary International Congress on Science and Technology, CIT 2020 - Quito, Ecuador Duration: 26 Oct 2020 → 30 Oct 2020

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	1326 AISC
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)	2194-5365

Conference

Conference	15th Multidisciplinary International Congress on Science and Technology, CIT 2020
Country/Territory	Ecuador
City	Quito
Period	26/10/20 → 30/10/20

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© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Gamification
Ludic strategies
Police officers
Professional training
Serious games

UN SDGs

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Alvear, H., Arias-Flores, H., Ramos-Galarza, C., & Jadán-Guerrero, J. (2021). Introducing Gamification in Professional Training. In M. Botto-Tobar, H. Cruz, & A. Díaz Cadena (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Software Engineering Advances - Proceedings of the CIT 2020 (pp. 343-353). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1326 AISC). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68080-0_26

Alvear, Henry ; Arias-Flores, Hugo ; Ramos-Galarza, Carlos et al. / Introducing Gamification in Professional Training. Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Software Engineering Advances - Proceedings of the CIT 2020. editor / Miguel Botto-Tobar ; Henry Cruz ; Angela Díaz Cadena. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 343-353 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Alvear, H, Arias-Flores, H, Ramos-Galarza, C & Jadán-Guerrero, J 2021, Introducing Gamification in Professional Training. in M Botto-Tobar, H Cruz & A Díaz Cadena (eds), Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Software Engineering Advances - Proceedings of the CIT 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 1326 AISC, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 343-353, 15th Multidisciplinary International Congress on Science and Technology, CIT 2020, Quito, Ecuador, 26/10/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68080-0_26

Introducing Gamification in Professional Training. / Alvear, Henry; Arias-Flores, Hugo; Ramos-Galarza, Carlos et al.
Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Software Engineering Advances - Proceedings of the CIT 2020. ed. / Miguel Botto-Tobar; Henry Cruz; Angela Díaz Cadena. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. p. 343-353 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1326 AISC).

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Alvear H, Arias-Flores H, Ramos-Galarza C, Jadán-Guerrero J. Introducing Gamification in Professional Training. In Botto-Tobar M, Cruz H, Díaz Cadena A, editors, Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Software Engineering Advances - Proceedings of the CIT 2020. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2021. p. 343-353. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-68080-0_26

Introducing Gamification in Professional Training

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