Today user engagement is one of the biggest challenges in user interface design. Marina Gröpel’s bachelor’s project “Gamification als Bildungsprinzip” (“Gamification as a principle of education”) explores the possibilities of a gamificated social network and didactic tool that augments education by motivating students to discover literature and tutorials. While self-responsibility was always an important aspect during the development, Marina’s web app “edu.game” also tries to suggest new content and new ways of improving skills based on the progress of its users.

• 2012