Characteristics of a Persuasive Educational System: A Systematic Literature Review

The need to compete for users’ attention and provide them with the best user experience has increased the use of persuasion strategies in modern systems. Currently, Persuasive Systems (PSs) promote healthy behavior for well-being, energy consumption, and learning. Although the educational domain has...

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Published in:Applied sciences 2021-11, Vol.11 (21), p.10089
Main Authors: Murillo-Muñoz, Fernanda, Navarro-Cota, Christian, Juárez-Ramírez, Reyes, Jiménez, Samantha, Nieto Hipólito, Juan Ivan, Molina, Ana I., Vazquez-Briseno, Mabel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Behavior
Design
design tools
Education
Energy consumption
Information systems
Learning
Literature reviews
Motivation
personalized persuasion
persuasive strategy
persuasive systems
Software
Students
Systematic review
Systems design
Usability
User experience
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Summary:The need to compete for users’ attention and provide them with the best user experience has increased the use of persuasion strategies in modern systems. Currently, Persuasive Systems (PSs) promote healthy behavior for well-being, energy consumption, and learning. Although the educational domain has limited investigation compared to other areas, PSs in education have been shown to be effective in motivating students. This paper summarizes the existing evidence on Persuasive Educational Systems (PESs), emphasizing research on the current design methods, evaluation methods, and characteristics. We follow Kitchenham’s method to perform a systematic literature review about PESs published between 2014 and 2020, with 19 relevant studies selected. We highlight some results from the analysis of selected papers such as persuasion strategies, use of a personalized persuasion technique, study of students’ susceptibility to strategies, integration of gamification mechanisms, and proposed tools to design PES. Moreover, we discuss interesting facts such as the common practice of using more than one tool to design PES, aspects of interaction, persuasion, learning, and the challenges in evaluating persuasive impact. Finally, as the main contribution of the paper we identify the seven necessary characteristics to build a persuasive educational system.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app112110089