Gamification for the development of soft skills in the engineering area

The application of the gamification technique brings benefits in many aspects among people who participate in this type of activities regardless of the environment in which they operate, noting that motivation and a positive attitude towards the role that they must develop in their social environment, work, educational or family benefits from being exposed to recreational activities, literature reporting in different studies that joy and a good attitude prevail. The study was carried out under the qualitative method, of the descriptive type, for the subject of Hydraulic Machines of the Electrical Mechanical Engineering degree, with a sample of 28 students. After the application of the evaluation instrument, the students reported feeling happy, cheerful, having socialized and interacted with their classmates in a way that had not happened for a long time, having reduced the stress generated by the subject and having learned actively and more easily. the themes.