The Student Training System Based on the Approaches of Gamification

The paper discusses a virtual computer game laboratory named SAUDAI as an innovative method of teaching IT students that will encourage them to learn and generate students’ interest in learning and research. The system is designed to provide students with convenient environment for development and testing of artificial intelligence and motivate students to research, develop, and deepen their knowledge of artificial intelligence, theory of algorithms and decision support systems. The essence of this work is gamification of studying information technology, specifically, the development of a system that allows the user to develop a software solution that can act as a player in a number of computer games. While developing artificial intelligence for each game, the student acquires knowledge of relevant information technology, each game system set up so that the student can acquire and use the skills on the specific topic.