Character-Driven Learning: Facilitating Students ’ Learning by Educational Virtual Characters

Abstract: Virtual characters (including educational pedagogy agents and NPCs in games) are significant endeavors to benefit students ’ learning in technology-enhanced learning. In this paper, we propose a concept of character-driven learning, to address two related issues: how to establish close relationship with virtual characters and how to enhance students ’ learning opportunities based on such relationship. A game-based learning system, named My-Pet-My-Quest, is further implemented to support this concept