To encourage cooperation between people working in the fields of education and cultural heritage, EuroClio has produced a case study providing insights into the use of online collections for and by educators. The case study is based on work done by EuroClio, historians and history educators from its network, who have worked to find and present over 1,000 sources from Europeana in more than 60 source collections, available at Historiana.

The case study aims to help cultural heritage institutions understand what educators look for while searching online collections, and how to make their content more accessible for education. These insights can help suggest the order in which pieces from collections can be digitised and help institutes think about reducing barriers to access.

Read the full case study here.

  • Using Cards to Understand History
  • The use of matching exercises to assess the internalisation of notions
  • The use of life stories to enhance students’ understanding of the connection between past and present
  • “Match!”: making connection between concepts and symbols in an entertaining manner
  • Learning about central but tricky concepts