A 3D serious game for cultural education

Technology enhanced learning is lately considered as an innovative educational procedure which derives from the usage of digital games with pedagogical value. In the recent years the usage of Serious Games for the learning of History and Culture is widespread. Serious Games is a group of digital games that aim to learning in an entertaining way and are being used widely in cultural education. Especially when the targeted learners are children and teenagers, the graphical user interface (GUI) and user experience (UX) is one of the most important feature of serious games. An educational game must be attractive and reach the levels of experience of the entertainment digital games, with which the children today are most familiar. The paper focuses on the creation of a 3D digital game, based on learning theories of constructivism of Piaget and social constructivism of Vygotsky regarding the implementation of an educational serious digital game. The students are involved in the game where they are able to take a tour of “El Greco's Travels and Artwork”.