Undergraduate Students’ Awareness to Adopt Gamification for Learning in University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Abstract

Gamification is simply the application of games to a particular activity. Thus, gamification for learning can simply be put as the process of using games for learning activity. The objectives of the study were to: Determine undergraduate’s Awareness of gamification for learning, Determine the difference in undergraduates’ awareness towards the adoption of Gamification for learning based on gender, and Determine the influence of undergraduates’ Area of study on their Awareness to adopt Gamification for Learning. A self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 148 students. Mean analysis was used to answer research question, independent sample t-test, and one-way ANOVA. The study revealed that undergraduates are aware of gamification for learning. Also, by concerning irrespective of their gender and area of study, undergraduates are aware of gamification for learning. The conclusion drawn from this study emphasizes that awareness of the usefulness of gamification for learning was affirmed to be at a positive side. The results of the study show adequate evidence for the importance of games in teaching and learning as a tool to boost the academic performance of undergraduates in this earnest 21st century.