TY - JOUR
T1 - Learning about Europe through educational gaming
AU - Sim, Duncan
AU - Boyle, Elizabeth
AU - Leith, Murray Stewart
AU - Williams, Alan
AU - Jimoyiannis, Athanassios
AU - Tsiotakis, Panagiotis
PY - 2020/8/9
Y1 - 2020/8/9
N2 - This paper explores the contribution to geography teaching which can be made by serious games. We describe the ways in which gaming has progressed from 'dissected maps' and jigsaws through board games, to the range of online games which are available today. We describe the development, in conjunction with European partner institutions, of a new game, entitled RU EU?, intended to raise student awareness of European issues, notably the question of European identity; this seems to be both important and topical at the time of Brexit. We describe the development and the nature of the game and its launch, and the feedback which we have received from students who have played it, and suggest that, while it is not necessarily a substitute for traditional lecture-style teaching, games such as this can provide an additional tool in the geography lecturer’s armoury.
AB - This paper explores the contribution to geography teaching which can be made by serious games. We describe the ways in which gaming has progressed from 'dissected maps' and jigsaws through board games, to the range of online games which are available today. We describe the development, in conjunction with European partner institutions, of a new game, entitled RU EU?, intended to raise student awareness of European issues, notably the question of European identity; this seems to be both important and topical at the time of Brexit. We describe the development and the nature of the game and its launch, and the feedback which we have received from students who have played it, and suggest that, while it is not necessarily a substitute for traditional lecture-style teaching, games such as this can provide an additional tool in the geography lecturer’s armoury.
KW - serious games
KW - online games
KW - board games
KW - Europe
KW - identity
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjgh20/current
U2 - 10.1080/03098265.2020.1803816
DO - 10.1080/03098265.2020.1803816
M3 - Article
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Journal of Geography in Higher Education
JF - Journal of Geography in Higher Education
SN - 0309-8265
ER -