Title :
My-Pet-My-Quest: Developing a Quest-Driven Learning System to Facilitate Students Learning
Author :
Yeh, Charles Y C ; Chen, Zhi-Hong ; Chen, Jackie W N ; Chan, Tak-Wai
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Network Learning Technol., Nat. Central Univ., Jhongli, Taiwan
Abstract :
Learning companion applications in the educational field make learning activity more diverse. Many researchers have indicated that virtual animal companions´ can cause learner emotional transfer, and enhance their motivation to learn. In this paper, we develop a quest-driven learning system which with an animal companion to helps learner learning. In this system, students can learn by many game-based learning quests. It also provided course management function and Authoring tool to support teachers comprehend every student learning conditions and provide help students solve problem. And in the quest design, Open content model can maximize the educational values of learning content and stories in the quest.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer games; psychology; virtual reality; My-pet-my-quest; authoring tool; course management function; educational field; game-based learning quests; learner emotional transfer; learning activity; open content model; quest-driven learning system; student learning condition; virtual animal companion; Computers; Educational institutions; Games; Learning systems; Materials; Positron emission tomography; My-Pet-My-Quest; animal companions; game-based learning;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning (DIGITEL), 2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Takamatsu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0885-4
DOI :
10.1109/DIGITEL.2012.40