Persona or groups of persons help to answer the questions: "For whom is the teaching-learning arrangement developed?", "What is the motivation of the target group to use the teaching-learning arrangement?" and "Which design solutions could meet these requirements?
This is a method that serves to create fictitious, prototypical user group profiles, including realistic characteristics, goals, wishes and expectations. These profile(s) are the basis for a customized learning experience.
The goal is to develop a description and visualization of typical participants. The more detailed the personas are conceived and designed, the better gamified learning offers can be adapted to the real target group.
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