Serious Games Meetup, February 2nd, 2018: Constructing Places
In the February Serious Games Meetup, we kicked off 2018 with a less formal session, during which we discussed various possibilities for gaming in education. But beyond simply using off-the-shelf, finished games in classrooms and online courses, we also focused on...
Serious Games Meetup: Exploring Virtual Reality
On Friday, November 3rd the Serious Games Meetup gathered in the Digital Media Arts program spaces in Lyons Hall. DMA is creating a Virtual Reality Lab in Lyons 333, where students can test their digital creations. Meetup attendees got a chance to try some recent...
Serious Games: Another Great Meetup with Professor MacVie!
On Friday, October 13th, was the second Serious Games Meetup of the Fall 2017 semester. Dr. Leah MacVie returned to conduct a workshop where participants worked to incorporate game-based elements into coursework, or began the process of developing their own...
September 8th, 2017 Meetup: Dr. Leah MacVie
On Friday, September 8 at 11:00 a.m., Serious Games Meetup Group convened its first meetup of the Fall 2017 semester. Leah MacVie, PhD, showed us games she has employed in her classroom, and the ways she has encouraged future teachers to think about gaming as part of...
Serious Games Meetup: Highlights from Spring 2017
Virtual Reality Was a Hit! Professors P.J. Moskal and Andrew Stewart supplied Virtual Reality headsets so meetup attendees could try out this exciting new experience. VR video games get a lot of media attention these days, but we were just as impressed by VR...
