Niklas Meißner

Correlation of Gamification, Intelligent Tutoring Concepts, and Low-Code Modularization in Learning Management Systems

Digital learning is becoming increasingly important, especially in situations where students cannot attend in-person lectures, as we experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic. Learning management systems are emerging in popularity in both higher education and industry training. The possibilities and diversity of using learning management systems have not yet been fully exploited. They still leave much room for improvement, as they cannot fully substitute traditional teaching, nor are they well suited as a supplement to in-person courses.

To handle this problem and improve education by integrating digital elements, a concept for modern learning management systems has to be developed. Solutions to increase intrinsic and extrinsic motivation through gamification are investigated and integrated into the overall approach. Elements and concepts from the field of intelligent tutoring systems, which are intended to correlate with the gamification aspects and thus add new digital components to education, are used to integrate different feedback types and improved feedback quality into the system. Furthermore, for ease of use in teaching, it is investigated how a high level of modularization and customizability through a low-code approach can optimally facilitate the use and support teachers while contributing to the other objectives. The concept of modern learning management systems aims to find application in higher education as well as in industry training and to open up new ways in education.