Interactive Map Exercises

Map Quiz

Interactive map exercises were developed to aid students’ understanding of the geography and borderlands of medieval Europe. These interactive map exercises prepared students for lectures. The activities were built in Flash and information was stored in XML files.

 

 

Teaching Challenge:

For a course in European history, students needed to develop a solid understanding of the geography of the time.

Faculty/Instructor(s):

Professor Dan Smail

Fellow(s):

Rena Lauer, Nathan Willard, Giselle Cheung

School, Library, Museum:

Arts and Sciences

Project Deliverable:

Interactive map exercises

Tools and/or Technologies:

Flash, XML
 

Course(s)/Discipline(s):

History 1060: Europe and Its Borders, 950-1550

Year Created:

2008

Supported by the Harvard Initiative for Learning & Teaching (HILT)