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  • Collaborative Worldbuilding: Access the Recording

    Collaborative Worldbuilding - A Conversation with Drs. Trent Hergenrader & Stephen Slota

     
    On March 25, 2021, the University of Connecticut's Digital Media & Design DMD3522: Interactive Storytelling and EPSY5266: Instructional Media & Game Design courses (led by Dr. Stephen Slota, UConn Assistant Professor-in Residence of Educational Technology) hosted a synchronous online conversation with Rochester Institute of Technology's Dr. Trent Hergenrader, professor of creative writing and author of the (2018) text Collaborative Worldbuilding for Writers and Gamers. 
     
    Among topics discussed: 
    1. Story breadth, scope, structure, and perspective;
    2. Pedagogical affordances of collaborative worldbuilding and roleplaying for K-12 and higher education classrooms;
    3. Use of collaborative worldbuilding as a lens for understanding history, policy, culture, and personal identity; and
    4. Comparisons of scripted vs. emergent narrative and affordances of both for teaching/learning and game design.
    For more information, contact: Stephen Slota at Stephen.slota@uconn.edu