Student Interest in Understanding European History Through the Museum Virtual Tour 360

Abstract

Studying history globally in a geographical framework is a bit more difficult than exploring it in terms of time. Difficulties that arise due to the vast landscape in local, regional and global constellation on earth where humans leave traces of their past. Such conditions, contrary to human curiosity, especially students when studying the historical narrative of human civilization in the dimensions of space and time. This article, seeks to present alternative thoughts while addressing difficulties or problems in students in studying European History that is geographically far from Indonesia. Through a touch of sophisticated digital technology in the form of the Virtual Tour 360 Museum, students are invited to wander to enliven their curiosity on the relics of Europeans. This article discusses important findings, including: (1) students' interest in studying European History is mounting, as lecturers guide students to visit the website http://www.youvisit.com/tour/louvremuseum and other museums that store relevant resources at European History material; (2) an interactive dialogue process takes place in the classroom, thereby arousing critical reasoning and enlivening the imagination of students by looking directly at artifacts, documents, sculptures and museum contents. Thus, studying European History through the Museum Virtual Tour 360 website is a breakthrough that needs to be made by history lecturers in the era of technological progress and digitalization.