Enhancing Historical Learning Using Role-Playing Game on Mobile Platform

Abstract

Learning history means to learn what caused the world around us to become the way it is right now. For decades, historical events were recorded and taught to younger generations to learn from them. However, most students found that learning history is boring because they could not feel or understand the moment of those historical events. This paper aims to investigate how a game-based learning approach influences the achievement and motivation of historical learning through a mobile learning environment. We propose game-based historical learning using the role-playing game on a mobile platform. The implementation is based on the history of the first army general in Indonesia, General Sudirman. The game was tested to 63 Junior High School students in Jakarta. Based on the evaluation, using the game can increase student learning motivation and learning achievement.