| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 數位學習科技學系碩士班 === 101 === This study aims at investigating the impacts of badges mechanism in role playing simulation game on enhancing immersive experience and fostering interpersonal interactions.A prototype of gaming system has being developed for the purpose of conducting empirical research. Series of badges mechanism in role playing simulation game were designed and categorized into two styles, which are Scholarship Badges and Popularity Badges.
The study invites 5th-9th graders publicly to participate in the empirical research. Base on Scholarship Badges, there are 1123 valid subjects who at least completed the newbie task in the empirical research. The independent one-way ANOVA is carried out for analyzing the differences among each Scholarship Badges levels’ users in terms of immersive experience, interpersonal interaction, and badges acknowledgement. The results of the data analysis reveal following findings.
1.Users demonstrate different immersive experience significantly among different levels of Scholarship Badges.
2.Users demonstrate different interpersonal interaction patterns significantly among different levels of Scholarship Badges：
(1)Users demonstrate different behavior of online conversations significantly among different levels of badges.
(2)Users demonstrate different behavior of checking Personal Learning Profile significantly among different levels of badges.
3.Users demonstrate different badges attention patterns significantly among different levels of Scholarship Badges：
(1)Users demonstrate different behavior of checking Badges significantly among different levels of badges.
(2)Users demonstrate different behavior of checking Badges immediately after obtaining badges among different levels of badges.
4.In accessing badges, users demonstrate higher proportion of reviewing their own badges than reviewing friends’ badges. Whereas, while accessing learner profiles, users demonstrate higher proportion of reviewing friends’ learner profiles than reviewing their own learner profiles.
Overall, badge represents user’s achievements and glory. Badge not only brings user honor and self-approval, but also be recognized by others in a fair way. Hence user pays close attention to the badges and attempts promoting to the next higher badge level. Accordingly, badges enhance immersive experience and foster interpersonal interactions.
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