Baptista, RicardoCarvalho, Carlos Vaz de2014-01-222014-01-222013http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/3419Serious games are games where the entertainment aspect is not the most relevant motivation or objective. TimeMesh is an online, multi-language, multiplayer, collaborative and social game platform for sharing and acquiring knowledge of the history of European regions. As such it is a serious game with educational characteristics. This article evaluates the use of TimeMesh with students of 13 and 14 years-old. It shows that this game is already a significant learning tool about European citizenship.engSerious gamesGame-based learningAdventure gamesHistoryEuropejournal article10.4108/trans.gbl.01-06.2013.e2