The Development and Evaluation of an Online Educational Game Integrated with Real Person-NPC mechanism for History Learning

Abstract

The study developed an online educational game, 1946 Base Exploration(beta), integrating real person-NPC (Non-Player Character) as scaffolding and simulated environment to promote learners strategic planning ability and the history of military monuments. We investigated learners’ learning performance and flow state in the game through preliminary empirical research. The results showed that learners' learning effectiveness for the knowledge of history and the capabilities of strategic planning had significant improvement after the game. Moreover, learners had high level of flow during the activity.