Graduate Student Council Division C Fireside Chat. Games Are Most Definitely Not a Waste of Time: Perspectives About Games, Learning, and Community

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This fireside chat brings together professionals in the field of Games and Learning. During the panel, presenters will briefly share their work on Games and Learning as well as any current projects that excite them. They will also talk about their journeys and what has facilitated their development and what obstacles they have had to overcome. Additionally, they will talk about their experience finding and joining research communities as well as how they have developed legitimacy in their research communities.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsor

• Division C - Learning and Instruction

Chairs

• Raul Figueroa-Rivera, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Martinique Ann Sealy Mitchell, Virginia Commonwealth University

Panelists

• Jan L. Plass, New York University

• Lien B. Tran, DePaul University

• David J. Gagnon, University of Wisconsin - Madison