“Education-based social game”: The new ways of developing educational games

“Education-based social game” means the social game which has the educational significance. The most difference is that it need a few real friends to participate in the community and experience the activities. The researchers use “happy farms” as the introduction of the Integrated Practice Course of “recognizing common eating plants”. Results reveales that Education-based social game can completely use in the classroom, it not only stimulates the students interests in the classroom, but also makes students realize a lot of useful knowledge in games. In addition, education-based social game also has characteristic of concerning communication within group, cultivating self-study, and low developing cost.