Development and Evaluation of Web Based Educational Game in Which Learning Occurs in the Negotiation between Players with Different Roles

Abstract

In this research, GeoTrade that is a web based educational game was developed. In GeoTrade, two or more participants traveling every country in the world, trade in goods through negotiation and aim at gaining profits. The educational target is the knowledge about world geography. GeoTrade is designed so that interactions in which participants with different roles use the knowledge about world geography may happen. The results of evaluation experiment suggest that the negotiation that suited the design plan has occurred, and that acquisition of geographical knowledge was promoted. The points that should be improved are also suggested.