To address the lack of documented best practices in the development of digital educational games, the authors have previously proposed a reference software architecture. One of its components is the rule system specifying learning and gameplay content. It contains quest, player character, non-player character, environment, and item rules. Documented content design patterns can assist in the aut...

This paper focuses on pedagogical planning and illustrates the on-line system IAMEL aimed at supporting teachers in the process of designing, structuring and planning educational activities for their students. Pedagogical planning is meant as the description, at different level of granularity, of the playing out of a learning situation or a unit of learning aimed at the acquisition of a precise...

For the last few decades, there was tremendous interest in harnessing 3D virtual environments for education and training. Multi-user game-like environments make use of non-player characters and quest activities in tutoring and training. This approach incorporates successful active learning and incremental progress. This article presents issues encountered while adapting the multi-user online ga...