Theme:
2. Archaeological Sciences, Humanities and the Digital era: Bridging the Gaps
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Teaching and Learning Archaeology with Digital Tools
Content:
In this session we focus on archaeology, education (from pre-school to universities) and digital methods for teaching.
As the past is an abstract concept, teaching and learning about the past can be challenging. Various perspectives on the past, as opposed to presenting it as straightforward reconstruction as a result of a set of facts, events, characters and dates, must be stimulated by providing tools that cater for critical evaluation. Such tools should allow for inquiry, problem solving and debating enigmas considering didactic principles, such as that of the ‘hands on, minds on, hearts on’ perspective. This requires activating methodologies for teaching and learning, for which digital technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) are often suitable.
Local initiatives on digital methods used for research and teaching in higher education have emerged in several European locations, incorporating cutting-edge 3D and VR technologies. Despite this, there has been a lack of cohesion and cross-linking of knowledge and experiences between these initiatives, meaning that synergistic opportunities are not explored, and local initiatives are unable to make a greater impact.
In this session, we would like to invite papers on theoretical, technical and practical initiatives developed around the idea of teaching, learning and researching the past using digital tools (i.e. VR), and of exploring the relationship between digital/hybrid and analogue pedagogy in archaeological education.
Keywords:
Virtual Reality, 3D, Teaching, Learning Scenarios
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
ERASMUS+ cooperation partnership Virtual Worlds
Main organiser:
Jitte Waagen (Netherlands) 1
Co-organisers:
Clara Masriera Esquerra (Spain) 2
Stefan Feuser (Germany) 3
Gustav Wollentz (Sweden) 4
Hayley Mickleburgh (Netherlands) 1
Affiliations:
1. University of Amsterdam
2. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
3. University of Bonn
4. Nordic Centre of Heritage Learning and Creativity AB
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