Gamification of a To-Do List with Emotional Reinforcement

Macdonald, S. A. and Brewster, S. (2019) Gamification of a To-Do List with Emotional Reinforcement. 37th Annual ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '19 Extended Abstracts), Glasgow, UK, 04-09 May 2019. ISBN 9781450359719 (doi: 10.1145/3290607.3313060)

Abstract

Gamification can change how and why people interact with software. A common approach is to use quantitative feedback to give users a feeling of progress or achievement. There are, however, other ways to provide users with motivation or meaning during normal computer interactions, such as using emotional reinforcement. This could provide a powerful new tool to allow the positive effects of gamification to reach wider contexts. This paper investigates the design and evaluation of a mobile to-do list application, 'Tamu To-Do', which utilises gamified emotional reinforcement, as seen in Figure 1. A week-long field study (N=9) recorded user activity and impressions with the application. The results supported emotional reinforcement's potential as a gamification strategy to improve user motivation and engagement.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item
• Keywords: Gamification, emotional reinforcement, motivation, mobile HCI.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Macdonald, Shaun and Brewster, Professor Stephen
• Authors: Macdonald, S. A., and Brewster, S.
• Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General); T Technology > T Technology (General)
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Research Group: Glasgow Interactive Systems Group
• ISBN: 9781450359719
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2019 The Authors
• First Published: First published in 37th Annual ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '19 Extended Abstracts): LBW1621
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

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