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Chaotic Fiction, Alternate Reality Games, and the World’s Cheapest MMOG: Web 2.0 Storytelling in Education

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Bonaire 1-2

Session Type: Experience It Session

Speaker(s)

Bryan Alexander, Director for Research, National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education
Session convener: Carie Page, Assistant Director, Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development, EDUCAUSE

Abstract

The cornucopia of Web 2.0 projects offers many new approaches for telling and sharing stories. This session will explore some of the ways we can do this, drawing on academia, gaming, and pop culture. Alternate reality games will be shown and played, social media narratives will be explored and contributed to, and lightweight and accessible tools will be demonstrated.

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