The Subject Centre, in collaboration with the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Reusable Learning Objects (RLO-CETL), is developing a ‘proof of concept’ simulation to assist archaeology students develop their drawing and recording skills.

Drawing and recording, although fundamental to archaeological study, are often difficult skills for students to acquire. A lack of site access and the insufficient stratigraphical detail which photographs can provide contribute to and compound these difficulties.

This simulation will therefore use animations in order to ‘map’ plans and sections onto photographic representations of the surfaces under consideration, allowing students to ‘see’, even when off-site, how archaeological features can be represented.

Following evaluation of the learning object for pedagogical effectiveness, using the RLO-CETL Evaluation Tool-kit, it is intended that further examples of this learning object will be developed and evaluated. The format will then be available from the Subject Centre and RLO-CETL  to interested tutors for use within their teaching.

If you would like further details on this project, please contact Lyn Hughes, Archaeology Academic Coordinator archea@liverpool.ac.uk.

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