When in Rome, do as the Romans do... or not: creating escape rooms for the Classical History classroom

With the rise of less traditional forms of tuition brought upon by the Covid-19 pandemic, the education environment has seen a surge in unconventional teaching practices laden with digital resources. The concept of the traditional classroom has been blurred in recent years, which have witnessed an i...

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Autores: Bellés-Calvera, Lucía, Martínez-Hernández, Ana-Isabel
Formato: capítulo de livro
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
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spelling When in Rome, do as the Romans do... or not: creating escape rooms for the Classical History classroomBellés-Calvera, LucíaMartínez-Hernández, Ana-Isabelescape roomhigher educationCLILDigital learningHistoryWith the rise of less traditional forms of tuition brought upon by the Covid-19 pandemic, the education environment has seen a surge in unconventional teaching practices laden with digital resources. The concept of the traditional classroom has been blurred in recent years, which have witnessed an increase in the use of alternative techniques, such as gamification or the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the chalkboard classroom. Building on collaborative gamification strategies used by teachers, live role-playing action games or treasure hunts are at the top of the list (Pan, Lo & Neustaedter, 2017). Following the aesthetics and dynamics of games are escape rooms, as well (Marín Suelves, Vidal Esteve & Pardo Baldoví, 2020). The application of game-playing techniques boost collaborative learning and lateral thinking skills. Within the field of education, History museums have been working on the design of escape rooms addressed to secondary school students, with positive outcomes in the Palthehuis Museum in the Netherlands (Vriends, 2019). Other initiatives have been devoted to increasing the visibility of museums and the internalisation of deeper knowledge through the combination of augmented reality and virtual reality (Antoniou, Dejonai & Lepouras, 2019). This paper seeks to set a framework for the design of digital escape rooms in the Classical History classroom that meet the teaching needs arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. The virtual escape room presented here is intended for the development of social and architectural notions related to the History of Rome in a first-year Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) module offered at a Spanish university within the History and Heritage degree. To this end, details about the objectives, learning outcomes and competences specified in the curriculum as well as technical details are given. Thus, disciplinary knowledge and cross-curricular elements are presented in an attractive way to boost students’ engagement when making use of the target language. Through the completion of several missions, students are expected to use their critical thinking skills and show their ability to transmit the acquired knowledge on historical events as well as on social groups in ancient Rome, particularly those with a lower status, slaves. Not only may the provision of this kind of pedagogical proposals benefit faculty members willing to update their teaching practices in online contexts, but also serve as a guide that enhances the acquisition of additional cross-curricular contents.Dykinson S.L.202520252021book partVoRinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10550/106075reponame:RODERIC. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat de Valènciainstname:InglésMetodologías activas con TIC en la educación del siglo XXIMetodologías activas con TIC en la educación del siglo XXIopen accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:roderic_____::8b111a34ef00658892b0226a7e6353b62025-07-15T12:44:01Z
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title When in Rome, do as the Romans do... or not: creating escape rooms for the Classical History classroom
spellingShingle When in Rome, do as the Romans do... or not: creating escape rooms for the Classical History classroom
Bellés-Calvera, Lucía
escape room
higher education
CLIL
Digital learning
History
title_short When in Rome, do as the Romans do... or not: creating escape rooms for the Classical History classroom
title_full When in Rome, do as the Romans do... or not: creating escape rooms for the Classical History classroom
title_fullStr When in Rome, do as the Romans do... or not: creating escape rooms for the Classical History classroom
title_full_unstemmed When in Rome, do as the Romans do... or not: creating escape rooms for the Classical History classroom
title_sort When in Rome, do as the Romans do... or not: creating escape rooms for the Classical History classroom
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bellés-Calvera, Lucía
Martínez-Hernández, Ana-Isabel
author Bellés-Calvera, Lucía
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Martínez-Hernández, Ana-Isabel
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higher education
CLIL
Digital learning
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higher education
CLIL
Digital learning
History
description With the rise of less traditional forms of tuition brought upon by the Covid-19 pandemic, the education environment has seen a surge in unconventional teaching practices laden with digital resources. The concept of the traditional classroom has been blurred in recent years, which have witnessed an increase in the use of alternative techniques, such as gamification or the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the chalkboard classroom. Building on collaborative gamification strategies used by teachers, live role-playing action games or treasure hunts are at the top of the list (Pan, Lo & Neustaedter, 2017). Following the aesthetics and dynamics of games are escape rooms, as well (Marín Suelves, Vidal Esteve & Pardo Baldoví, 2020). The application of game-playing techniques boost collaborative learning and lateral thinking skills. Within the field of education, History museums have been working on the design of escape rooms addressed to secondary school students, with positive outcomes in the Palthehuis Museum in the Netherlands (Vriends, 2019). Other initiatives have been devoted to increasing the visibility of museums and the internalisation of deeper knowledge through the combination of augmented reality and virtual reality (Antoniou, Dejonai & Lepouras, 2019). This paper seeks to set a framework for the design of digital escape rooms in the Classical History classroom that meet the teaching needs arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. The virtual escape room presented here is intended for the development of social and architectural notions related to the History of Rome in a first-year Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) module offered at a Spanish university within the History and Heritage degree. To this end, details about the objectives, learning outcomes and competences specified in the curriculum as well as technical details are given. Thus, disciplinary knowledge and cross-curricular elements are presented in an attractive way to boost students’ engagement when making use of the target language. Through the completion of several missions, students are expected to use their critical thinking skills and show their ability to transmit the acquired knowledge on historical events as well as on social groups in ancient Rome, particularly those with a lower status, slaves. Not only may the provision of this kind of pedagogical proposals benefit faculty members willing to update their teaching practices in online contexts, but also serve as a guide that enhances the acquisition of additional cross-curricular contents.
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