Medievalists.net » Teaching http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Medieval Oslo recreated on Minecraft http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/25/medieval-oslo-recreated-on-minecraft/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/25/medieval-oslo-recreated-on-minecraft/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2015 07:18:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62722 A new Youtube video is showing the results of a project by history students at the University of Oslo where they recreate how a city looked in the Middle Ages. ‘Oslo recreated to year 1300′ was made by undergraduates taking part in the university’s Oslo in the Middle Ages course under John McNicol. The project involved […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/23/free-online-course-exploring-english-magna-carta/feed/ 0 Free Online Course on Medieval Music Begins today http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/01/free-online-course-on-medieval-music-begins-today/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/01/free-online-course-on-medieval-music-begins-today/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2015 01:42:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62202 The University of Basel and Future Learn have teamed up to offer a seven week free online course that will teach the history of musical notation in the Middle Ages, and show you how to decode medieval music manuscripts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/01/free-online-course-on-medieval-music-begins-today/feed/ 0 Teaching Historical Understanding with Christopher Columbus http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/11/teaching-historical-understanding-with-christopher-columbus/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/11/teaching-historical-understanding-with-christopher-columbus/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2015 02:14:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61735 I'm a big fan of Christopher Columbus. Not the man, the phenomenon.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/11/teaching-historical-understanding-with-christopher-columbus/feed/ 0 Teaching Tolkien’s Translations of Medieval Literature: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Orfeo and Pearl http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/12/teaching-tolkiens-translations-of-medieval-literature-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-sir-orfeo-and-pearl/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/12/teaching-tolkiens-translations-of-medieval-literature-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-sir-orfeo-and-pearl/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2015 04:53:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61029 J.R.R. Tolkien, the medievalist who became the father of modern fantasy literature, translated many poems out of Old English, Old Norse and Middle English into carefully versified modern English

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/12/teaching-tolkiens-translations-of-medieval-literature-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-sir-orfeo-and-pearl/feed/ 0 Teaching Historical Theory through Video Games http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/31/teaching-historical-theory-through-video-games/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/31/teaching-historical-theory-through-video-games/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2015 01:16:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60764 The potential of video games for teaching history is receiving increasing recognition. However, the greatest emphasis is on their use as tools in secondary education. The few studies focusing on undergraduate education demonstrate the use of games to create an immersive historical experience with counterfactual options.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/30/free-online-course-on-the-battle-of-agincourt-begins-in-october/feed/ 0 Imprisonment, Execution and Escape: Medieval History and the National Curriculum http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/14/imprisonment-execution-and-escape-medieval-history-and-the-national-curriculum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/14/imprisonment-execution-and-escape-medieval-history-and-the-national-curriculum/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:37:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59648 The final talk in Sesson #1041, Engaging the Public with the Medieval World, looked at what English children are being taught in school. How much medieval history is in the new programme that was released in September 2014? Megan Gooch, Curator at the Historic Royal Palaces breaks down the English system for us in her paper, ‘Imprisonment, Execution, and Escape: Medieval History and the National Curriculum’.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/14/imprisonment-execution-and-escape-medieval-history-and-the-national-curriculum/feed/ 0 Making the Castle a Home: Creating an Immersive Medieval World Using Live Costumed Interpreters http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/13/making-the-castle-a-home-creating-an-immersive-medieval-world-using-live-costumed-interpreters/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/13/making-the-castle-a-home-creating-an-immersive-medieval-world-using-live-costumed-interpreters/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:43:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59622 How does the use of unscripted, adaptive, historical interpretation boost the tourist experience? Right on the heels of our look at the Tower of London’s visitor engagement, we heard a paper from Lauren Johnson, Research Manager for Past Pleasures, the oldest historical interpretation company in the UK who educate and entertain the public at historical sites, museums, on stage and and on TV.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/13/making-the-castle-a-home-creating-an-immersive-medieval-world-using-live-costumed-interpreters/feed/ 0 Medieval Baltimore: Using American Medievalism to Teach about the European Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/16/medieval-baltimore-using-american-medievalism-to-teach-about-the-european-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/16/medieval-baltimore-using-american-medievalism-to-teach-about-the-european-middle-ages/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2015 23:32:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57647 The article describes the experience of teaching undergraduate college students the history of Medieval Europe through individual research projects using the city of Baltimore (USA), its buildings, monuments, museums, and the professional medievalists working and residing in the area.

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