Games, gaming and gamification in Education

The article provides five ways gamification enhances learning. They are Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, Motivation Through Recognition, Rewards For Each Milestone, Instead Of Just The Learning Goal and Competition. Each one applies to a different kind of learner that will ultimately satisfy their learning. 

Although this article talks about the learners being employees of an organization, this can easily be translated to students in a classroom.
In this article, the author explains five ways gamification is helpful to enhance learning. 
The key takeaways from this article is the importance of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards that gamification offers to the users. Depending on the personality of the user, people enjoy the competition and are eager to work for badges, coins or points on a digital platform. In other cases, and depending the reward, people prefer tangible rewards that recognize their achievements and learning development.
Whatever the case may be, users have demonstrated that gamification is a different approach to learning that is positively impacting audience's engagement. It is creating a sense of curiosity, healthy competition and an opportunity to absorb information in different styles of instruction.