We (@KevinLagrandeur) have a new trailer for Perchance, our AR Hamlet mystery game in development. What do you think? #shakespeare #videogames #literature #TuesdayMotivation #nyitdidthat gameplayershub.com/perchance.mp4

#NTRS20 #ephemeralrenaissance Thanks to the organizers Ray Siemens, Randa El Khatib, ETCL FRIDA (Festivals in Renaissance Italy: Digital Atlas). A Three-level Model Digital Atlas to restore the multimediality and memorability of Renaissance festivals. Demo: youtube.com/watch?v=bCdx6t…

#NTRS20 FRIDA is divided into three fully-interactive sections: Event, Backstage, and Memory. Each section focuses on a specific aspect of the Festival

#NTRS20 FRIDA. Case study: Venice, CARNIVAL 1520, ASCENSION DAY Preliminary Cartographic visualizations on de’ Barbari's "View of Venice"(1500).

Icons from de’ Barbari’s map highlight the most important stages and venues in the itinerary of the festa, showing festive itinerary using a ‘realistic’ animated view, a timeline, and a geographical comparison.

1/7 #NTRS20 #RenSA20 Reasons for our VR project: From our experience, dense prose, historical/cultural contexts discourages engagement with Shakespeare’s plays. Research supports this: EMCO Vol 7 “Perchance to Read” bit.ly/perchance-game @KevinLagrandeur

2/7 #NTRS20 We decided that the right type of in-class, immersive, active experience coupled with the right tech might help as an introduction to Shakespeare. We picked Hamlet because of its ubiquity of use. We started with VR. #RenSA20 @KevinLaGrandeur

3/7 #NTRS20 Big takeaways from our research and Beta testing: VR/AR had too many drawbacks. VR too expensive and limiting to use in classrooms; AR cheaper and easier because most students have mobile devices. Find balance between tech and learning #RenSA20 @KevinLaGrandeur

4/7 #NTRS20 Students pushed back, didn't like using devices for schoolwork, it drained their batteries too fast,and inhibited game play (which is a big and effective element of technology). We wanted tech intervention to fix probs with reading. #RenSA20 @KevinLaGrandeur

5/7 #NTRS20 Hamlet “follows a pattern seen most often in the modern form of the detective story,” (Richmond) We decided on a mystery game, letting students investigate text of Hamlet through gameplay. They become one of the traveling 'players' #NTRS20 #RenSA20 @KevinLaGrandeur

6/7# NTRS20 We designed for ourselves (professors) instead of students. Need to consider THEIR entry point. Student feedback paramount in design. Grab interest of students first, then achieve learning outcomes. Can’t teach a class if no one comes. #RenSA20 @KevinLaGrandeur

7/7 We weighed in-game text’s effect on pedagogy and ‘steering’ interpretations, inadvertently imparting critical theory. Old or modern English? Voice or text narration? Future Research: student actions in-game as a form of writing. @KevinLaGrandeur

Just had a new article published with Dr. Ronald Yaros: Completing College Writing Assignments on Mobile Phones: Comparing Students’ Attitudes and Engagement Across Disciplines and Age - Ronald A. Yaros, John Misak, 2020 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

#mla2021 #s165 Check out a digital showcase of cutting edge technologies for the digital humanities!

#mla2021 #s165

Check out this article on my research incorporating STEM principles in FYC courses: nyit.edu/box/features/m…

Forgot I even recorded this. It's on how games can help students better understand narrative structure.

#PAMLA2021 Come listen to innovative ways humanities instructors reach STEM students at their entry points.