Poster Information
| Title | Exploring the Role of Identity in the Design of A Serious Game |
| Presenter(s) | Micah Modell and Rodney D. Myers |
| Session | Conference Reception, Game Exhibition, and Poster Session |
| Time | Thursday, October 21, 7:00p-9:00p |
| Location | East Lansing Technology Innovation Center |
| Format | Poster Presentation |
| Description | The purpose of this study is to explore how one educational game designer at a large Midwestern state university designed a live, multiplayer game for a student-run conference. The designer's goals were to increase participation, interaction, and survey completion at the conference and to raise awareness of the composition of the academic dossier . In particular, this study seeks to determine how and to what extent the concepts of role-play and learner identity-shift influenced design decisions by applying Gee's lenses of identity for research in education (Gee, 2001). |