Adoption Models & Gamification

Information systems (IS) theoretical models is an area that studies the adoption of IS in all stages since the first phase of the determinants of adoption of IS to its usage and success. IS adoption area includes several research studies on e-learning, enterprise resource systems (ERP), knowledge management systems (KMS), computer auditing tools (CAAT), social networks, collaborative systems, cloud computing, among other systems’ type.

Gamification is present in many aspects of today´s society and organizational systems. The usage of game elements in non-gaming environments drives users’ motivations in adoption and usage of information systems. Information systems (IS) group of ISTAR-IUL started by studies on serious games and afterward conducted several studies of gamification impact on diverse IS, such as on programming learning, e-learning, massive open online course (MOOC), e-commerce, e-banking, and collaborative systems.

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Keywords

IS Adoption; IS Success; e-Learning Systems; Tourism; Programming Learning; Banking; Education

Publications

Costa, C. J.; Aparicio, M.; Aparicio, S.; Aparicio, J. T.
Gamification usage ecology
in .. 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication
Pedro Pinheiro; Aparicio, M.; Costa, C.
Adoption of cloud computing systems
in .. ISDOC '14 Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems and Design of Communication
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