Muzzy Lane

Muzzy Lane Software
Company typePrivate
Industry
GenreEducational games
HeadquartersNewburyport, Massachusetts, United States
ProductsMaking History
Participatory Chinatown
ClearLab Project
Past Present
MiddWorld Online
Practice Marketing
Website[1]

Muzzy Lane Software is a technology company developing game-based learning software tools in the Education Technology space. In 2015 they released Muzzy Lane Author, a suite of tools that allow educators to create their own game-based learning assessments.

The company began by creating detailed strategy games with the goal of learning and teaching history. Their Making History series has been used in hundreds of classrooms; which led the company to create several commercial releases in the World War II and World War I eras. They have worked with partners including McGraw-Hill Education, Pearson Education, Cengage Learning, the National Geographic Society, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and directly with universities. Muzzy Lane published a research study on non-traditional students funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2016.[1]

In 2016, the company sold the Making History franchise to Factus Games, and is now focused entirely on educational technology.[2][3]

  1. ^ "The Potential for Game-based Learning to Improve Outcome for Nontraditional Students" (PDF). Muzzy Lane. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. ^ "New Home for Making History". Making History Gaming Headquarters. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  3. ^ "The GHQ website will be closing on Friday, May 20th". Making History Gaming Headquarters. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.