In a prior comparative evaluation, gamified phishing-detection modules produced better learning effects than Mimecast training¶
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q2 i? College participants trained with gamified modules scored higher on a 25-question phishing quiz than those trained with Mimecast or receiving no training, though the advantage is described as only to some degree. → Bingjun Li 2025
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Bingjun Li 2025¶
Bingjun Li, Christopher Buzaid, Weihao Qu. (2025). Security Education in Higher Education through AI-Powered Gamification. Journal of Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics and Jurisprudence. https://doi.org/10.65879/3070-5789.2025.01.07
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Comparative evaluation from the authors' preliminary work with 51 college participants randomly divided into gamified (18), Mimecast (18), and no-training (15) groups, followed by a 25 multiple-choice phishing quiz. The article reports the gamified group's advantage over Mimecast; the printed means appear in Table I and no effect size or significance test is reported.
"The result in Table I show that interactive (gamified) learning modules, even though not mobile friendly, has better learning effect on phishing detection topic over traditional platform such as Mimecast to some degree."
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Related Claims¶
- Gamification has small positive effects on cognitive, motivational and behavioral learning outcomes — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Expert reviewers rated the TikTok mini-game most engaging and the Text Phishing Detective game highest in learning value — related
- College students overwhelmingly prefer short, mobile-friendly gamified security training over long desktop training or videos — related
- After gamified security training, female students gave more positive confidence and format-preference ratings than male students (descriptive survey percentages, no inferential test) — related
- Playing the gamified security modules raised students' self-reported confidence and understanding of online security — related
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In a prior comparative evaluation, gamified phishing-detection modules produced better learning effects than Mimecast training |
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In a prior comparative evaluation, gamified phishing-detection modules produced better learning effects than Mimecast training |
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