Gamification: The Art of Learning through Play
Mar | 04
The Umbra Institute is now experimenting with aspects of gamification, a practice that puts into play the strongest element of Umbra’s education philosophy: immersive community engagement.Gamification of learning is a powerful education tool that implements a “game-style” atmosphere, to motivate... Read More
Studying Archaeology in Italy: Learning the Etruscan Mystery
Mar | 01
Students visit Etruscan tombs “We know more about the dead people of the Etruscan world than about the living,” said Professor Giampiero Bevagna this past weekend as he led HIS 360: Perugia, Etruria, and the Deep History of Italy (a course... Read More
Learn a Language by Making Memories: Teaching through Tiramisu
Feb | 26
Representatives from each team present their TiramisuIn Italian, there is a popular saying “Sapere è diverso da saper fare”, or “knowledge is different from ability”. With this idea in mind, it is important to note that an interactive teaching method,... Read More
Writing and Sharing: Umbra Student Organizes a Creative Works Night in Italy
Feb | 24
Sophie Panetti shares her purpose for organizing the Creative Works Open-Mic nightWhen Sophie Panetti, a student from Gustavus Adolphus College, came to study abroad in Perugia, Italy, she decided to make her mark on the community by organizing a student-run... Read More
Umbra Professor Publishes His Latest Book on the Power of Imagery
Feb | 19
Umbra Professor Alessandro Celani, Ph.D., recently published, Victima.Words and Forms of Murdering. Throughout his book, Celani’s research, narrations, and photography seek to unveil the deepest relations between the act of being dominated by images – producing them, sharing them, and... Read More
Studying Business in Italy
Feb | 16
Students tour Listone Giordano International Business students learn quickly that cultural differences impact business markets and that what one country’s culture seeks, is never exactly the same as that which another culture expects. For this reason, when business students choose... Read More