sg 13(1): e2

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TimeMesh – A Serious Game for European Citizenship

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  • @ARTICLE{10.4108/trans.gbl.01-06.2013.e2,
    author={Ricardo Baptista and Carlos Vaz de Carvalho},
    title={TimeMesh -- A Serious Game for European Citizenship},
    journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Serious Games},
    volume={1},
    number={1},
    publisher={ICST},
    journal_a={SG},
    year={2013},
    month={3},
    keywords={serious games, game-based learning, adventure games, history, Europe.},
    doi={10.4108/trans.gbl.01-06.2013.e2}
}
  • Ricardo Baptista
    Carlos Vaz de Carvalho
    Year: 2013
    TimeMesh – A Serious Game for European Citizenship
    SG
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/trans.gbl.01-06.2013.e2
Ricardo Baptista1, Carlos Vaz de Carvalho2
  • 1: Engineering Faculty, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
  • 2: GILT, School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal

Abstract

Serious games are games where the entertainment aspect is not the most relevant motivation or objective. TimeMesh is an online, multi-language, multiplayer, collaborative and social game platform for sharing and acquiring knowledge of the history of European regions. As such it is a serious game with educational characteristics. This article evaluates the use of TimeMesh with students of 13 and 14 years-old. It shows that this game is already a significant learning tool about European citizenship.

Keywords
serious games, game-based learning, adventure games, history, Europe.
Received
2012-10-31
Accepted
2013-01-09
Published
2013-03-20
Publisher
ICST
http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/trans.gbl.01-06.2013.e2

Copyright © 2013 Baptista and Carvalho, licensed to ICST. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unlimited use, distribution and reproduction in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited.