(2280) USING GAMES IN ART HISTORY COURSES

摘要

In recent years there is a strong focus on games and simulations in education. This is true not only for higher education, but also Pre-K, as well as corporate training programs. While this fashionable trend may result in improvements in terms of college graduates’ preparedness for real life situations, games are also viewed as a possible avenue for increasing students’ motivation and engagement with the course material. Meanwhile, with abundance of theoretical literature on games and simulations, there seems to be a lack of specific examples of using games in humanities, particularly in art history; literature on games and simulations in higher education mostly focuses on teaching health, business, finance, and education. This paper provides a description of a game that was developed and used in an undergraduate art history course. The paper explains the details of the assignment, describes the stages of the experiment, and evaluates the specific games that students designed for this class. The paper will be of particular interest for instructors of courses in humanities who are interested in using games in their courses.