Strategy to Implement Gamification in LMS

The main goal of the chapter is to discuss implementation of the structural gamification in LMS. The overview of pedagogical approaches, theories, models, and systems connected to the serious games and in particular for gamification is presented. The possibilities for using the game elements and techniques in е-learning (incl. possible realization with the standard elements of a non-gamified LMS) are presented. A four-stage cyclical gamified learning model is proposed. For the four categories of learners from the Bartle's classification, the appropriate game elements are determined. Two plugins for the application of structural gamification in Moodle have been designed and developed, which integrates game elements and techniques in the process of e-learning. The first plugin changes the design of the course into a game view. The second plugin allows adding specific game elements, which do not exist in Moodle. Different experiments of structural gamification have been done and presented.