Join us for next week’s NCompass Live: “Tech Talk with Michael Sauers: Playful Pedagogy: Using Game Components to Change the Student Experience”, on Wednesday, April 23, 10:00-11:00 am Central Time.
Research on games and learning have shown us that games can be powerful tools for learning–providing players with the opportunity to learn from and even celebrate failures as part of the natural learning process in a challenging environment. How can universities take advantage of the power of games and game mechanics? It’s not as simple as dropping in badges and leaderboards. Professor Liz Lawley, who teaches in the Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Interactive Games & Media as well as directing RIT’s Lab for Social Computing, will talk about Just Press Play, a “game layer for undergraduate engagement” that she and her colleagues have designed to enrich the learning environment for undergraduate students. After three years of iterative development and testing, her group will be releasing the software underlying Just Press Play under an open source license at the end of this academic year.
In this monthly feature of NCompass Live, the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Michael Sauers, will discuss the tech news of the month and share new and exciting tech for your library. There will also be plenty of time in each episode for you to ask your tech questions. So, bring your questions with you, or send them in ahead of time, and Michael will have your answers.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- April 30 – Smart Investing: Reference Strategies and Resources
- May 7 – The Internship: A Win-Win Situation
For more information, to register for NCompass Live, or to listen to recordings of past events, go to the
NCompass Live webpage.
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