Educational video game

An interactive game designed primarily to teach knowledge or skills. It combines learning goals with rules, feedback, and play.

Game-based learning: An instructional approach that uses games to support learning. Educational video games are one digital form of learning through games.
The Oregon Trail: A historical simulation game in which players manage a family traveling westward across nineteenth-century America. It uses resource decisions and historical events to teach aspects of westward migration.
Edutainment: Media that combines educational content with entertainment. The label can describe educational entertainment broadly, while this concept specifically denotes video games.
Transfer of learning: The application of knowledge or skills learned in one context to a different context. A game’s educational value depends partly on whether learning extends beyond its play environment.
Instructional design: The systematic planning of learning experiences, materials, and assessments. It connects educational objectives to the game's activities and progression.
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?: An educational computer game series in which players solve cases by tracking criminals across geographic locations. Its clues and pursuit mechanics turn geography research into play.
Gamification: The use of game elements in a non-game activity or system. A lesson with points and badges is gamified without necessarily being a video game.
Learning analytics: The measurement and analysis of data about learners and their contexts to understand or improve learning. Game interaction data can reveal patterns of performance, but requires interpretation as evidence.
Feedback: Information about performance that helps guide subsequent action or learning. In-game feedback can show whether an answer or strategy advances learning.
Math Blaster: An educational video game series that embeds mathematics exercises in arcade-style action. It illustrates how repeated subject practice can be built into game challenges.

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