Game-Based Learning in Museums—Cultural Heritage Applications

Abstract

As traditional museums migrate to the virtual world, they offer wider access to the exhibit collections but often fail to present content of those collections in more engaging way. Game-based learning is one of the solutions to mitigate this inevitable transition and support active learning in the process. It is increasingly gaining interest from the cultural heritage scientific community for the purpose of promoting cultural heritage, raising awareness of its importance and motivating users to visit cultural institutions such as museums more often. There are numerous examples of serious games that are based on or contain heritage content. Tangible cultural heritage is more represented in the virtual worlds and mainly based on applications of 3D technology. Recently, intangible cultural heritage is gaining more visibility within cultural heritage scope as a domain in which game-based learning could assist in its preservation. This paper attempts to address pros and cons of game-based learning in general and reflect on the choices of using serious games in the museum environment.

3D technologies for intangible cultural heritage preservation—literature review for selected databases

“…The documentation area consists of various aspects of ICH: music [ 71 , 96 ], tuna fishing [ 19 ], crafting [ 20 , 21 ] storytelling [ 57 , 60 , 121 ], visualisation of historical sites in Iran [ 114 ], Art Gallery of Shanghai Style Lacquerware [ 55 ], capturing dance [ 33 , 34 , 40 , 41 , 111 ], art [ 110 ], virtual exhibitions [ 62 , 99 , 100 , 105 , 145 ], 3D models [ 94 , 146 ] and settlement [ 147 , 148 ]. Oral interpretations and their expressions are also one of ICH type.…”

“…Oral interpretations and their expressions are also one of ICH type. They are used in game-based learning in virtual museums to document culture and encourage visitors to expand their knowledge in this area [ 62 ].…”

“…Game-based learning is more and more often used for the virtual museums in order to raise culture awareness and motivate the public to visit cultural institutions [ 62 ]. Traditional skills and habits related to culture are documented by way of oral traditions and expressions.…”

Reliving the Experience of Visiting a Gallery: Methods for Evaluating Informal Learning in Games for Cultural Heritage

“…While usability or technical quality can be measured via established questionnaires and methods, the informal learning potential or the thoughts and reflections triggered by the CH application are far more difficult to assess. Efforts have been made to provide evaluation frameworks for CH games [2,11,20], but little attention is given to high-order thinking such as creativity, re-framing [46] or how visitors integrate new information into their existing beliefs and knowledge [65].…”

Marine Spatial Planning Connects Digital Technology, Excavation Equipment with Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things for Underwater Heritage Investigation

“…The rst group "Training in Education & Promotion" combines issues "Census and Condition Evaluation", "Propaganda, Education & Training" ofTable 2. Substantial research is present in the cultural heritage of training and education, the evidence of long-term learning could bene t from studies as opposed to the short-term entertaining aspect(Ćosović & Brkić, 2020). The accidental destruction of wrecks caused by deep-sea trawlers, cable-laying, drill for oil, and another resource exploitation is other signi cant contributors to the destruction of underwater heritage(Pearson, 2019).…”