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TitleRole Player's Perspectives on Learning
Presenter(s)David Simkins
SessionAdventure Games, Role Play, & Forced Play
TimeFriday, October 22, 2:30p-3:30p
LocationParlor A
FormatPaper Presentation
DescriptionThis study includes interviews and analysis of audio recorded game play of participants in Live Action Role Playing (LARP) events. The interviews asked why the players play the games they play, what they believe they learned from their game play, and how they see the games they have played affecting their life to date. The interviews were semi-structured (Lindlof & Taylor, 2002) and were thematically coded. This study is part of a larger study of role playing communities currently in its sixth year, and the researcher had the opportunity to use previous examples from the participant's game play as a form of stimulated recall (Marland, 1984) to help prompt deeper and more concrete exploration of the effects of games with the participants during the interviews.
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