This paper explores the possibility of using an off the shelf video game, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, in teaching a history class about ancient Greece. The study used a method where 7th grade students during one lesson got to experience the videogame together with two surveys about the students’ experiences learning with the video game. The study’s theories focus on previous research and educators’ ideas about using virtual museums and students’ active participation. The questions asked in the study are “in what ways can Assassin’s Creed’s virtually guided tours stimulate a genetic and genealogical history awareness in classroom-based teaching?” and “how do students experience the use of video games in history teaching?”. The results of the study conclude that it is possible to use video games in teaching that enhances the students’ knowledge about a subject, but that there are obstacles to cross nevertheless.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-40930 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Darrell, Charles, de Rooy, Daniel |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för samhälle, kultur och identitet (SKI), Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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