By Dennis Pierce
07/21/2026 – EdTech Chronicle
This is the kind of scenario that students are presented with in a series of free digital learning modules created by Northwestern University professor Spencer Striker.
Educators often struggle to hold students’ attention in a world of constant digital distraction. To overcome this challenge, Striker is meeting today’s students where they are: He’s using elements of online gaming, video streaming, immersive reality, and other digital media to engage students deeply in the study of history.
Working with a team of developers and advisors, Striker—a professor of digital media design at Northwestern’s Qatar campus—has developed interactive learning experiences that teach students from middle school through college about world empires, revolutions and industrialization, global pandemics, and other topics.
“It’s about making history seem relevant and interesting to a new generation of learners,” he says of his work….Read more about Spencer’s work here at EdTech Chronicle.