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Lessons Learned: Creating Tutorials to Teach Agent-Based Modelling to Archaeologists Cover

Lessons Learned: Creating Tutorials to Teach Agent-Based Modelling to Archaeologists

Open Access
|Dec 2025

Abstract

Agent-based modelling (ABM) is one of the most widely applied computational modelling research techniques in archaeology, because it is well suited to the questions asked by archaeologists. However, the access to vocational training for ABM is limited. In this paper we present the Open Educational Resources (OER) that we produced in an international cooperation. For this purpose, we created online and open tutorials for ABM for archaeologists. In addition, how-to guides and support material were created, both for teachers and students. The materials adhere to international (European) standards in relation to education and the Digital Skills Passport for archaeology. The teaching materials have been well tested using a diverse group of archaeologists during various international conferences and meetings. It was shown that the knowledge and skills of the participants in relation to ABM improved. In addition, the demand for the teaching materials and the workshops was high, ensuring that the tutorials on ABM will be used in the future.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.241 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8362
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 1, 2025
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Accepted on: Nov 24, 2025
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Published on: Dec 30, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Ronald M. Visser, Karsten Lambers, Kenneth Aitchison, Annemarie Jutte, Doug Rocks-Macqueen, Laura van der Knaap, Iza Romanowska, Tom Brughmans, Jeroen Linssen, Adam Pažout, published by Ubiquity Press
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