Utilización en el aula de herramientas de gamificación para incrementar la motivación del alumnado por la asignatura Dirección de Operaciones del Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas

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For the majority of university students the master classes given in the classroom are tedious, generating a lack of motivation translated into their passive attitude. The distraction of the mobile communication devices they carry, when not used for educational purposes, worsens the problem. The result is their lack of commitment to their learning, demonstrated by the fall in class attendance, and the achievement of mediocre academic results. A possible solution is to incorporate to the classes playful activities that, implemented with the new technologies already present in daily life, transfer to the educational environment the benefits of the game. During the academic year 2018/2019, and in order to improve the motivation and the grades of the students of Operations Management II, subject of the fourth year of the Degree in Business Administration and Management of the University of Cadiz, the classes given in the Campus of Jerez de la Frontera and Algeciras were gamified using the free app Kahoot! and the mobile phones of the students. Even though there were many other explanatory factors, the experience meant notable improvements with respect to the academic year 2017/2018, increasing motivation (the number of students not presented to the exam fell by 21.7%) and improving grades (the average number of passing grades grew by 7.41%).