Check out this interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about video games in academic libraries:
Games for Change 8th Annual Festival
It’s coming, folks. And Al Gore is the keynote. Check it out:
Games for Change 8th Annual Festival
New York City, June 20-22, 2011
Using Social Networks to Engage Community
Great piece discussing how 4 universities are using social networks to do community outreach:
4 Universities Use Social Networks to Engage Community
Gets me thinking about how we can use gamed-up social networks to build community WITHIN the university. Imagine a system where students have avatars, ability meters, and levels, take on “quests” on and off campus, can form impromptu “guilds” to complete assignments, and have a constant leaderboard to monitor each other’s performance. If you’re interesting in working on such a project, contact me! ([email protected])