RAPT Lab: Representations, Activity, Play, and Technology Lab

Projects: Cities on the Edge of War

This is a bespoke semester-long board and roleplaying game we developed to help undergraduate history students explore the period leading up to and during the Peloponnesian war.

In this video the two lead designers (Drs. Eric Robinson and Joshua Danish) describe the initial design of Cities on the Edge:

Publications on the Cities on the Edge Project

Journal Articles Proceedings Book Chapter Presentations

2021

• Ryan, Z., Stiso, C., Danish, J., & Robinson, E. (2021). Designing sustained game-based learning environments to engage undergraduate students in history. ISLS Community Report retrieved from https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/6855 paper

2020

• Stiso, C., Ryan, Z., Danish, J., & Robinson, E. (2020). Fostering Perspective-taking in History Students Through Board Games. Paper presented at the The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Nashville, Tennessee. paper