Intro:Trent Hergenrader, English/Creative Writing

My research is at the intersection of creative writing studies (a small but growing research field), digital pedagogy, and games and game-based learning. My approach is to use digital tools to reconfigure the creative writing classroom from that of the sole author of a print-based work to collaborative, multimedia projects with distributed, non-linear narratives. I look forward to sharing some of the best practices in using games and game-based approaches to increase student engagement and leverage deeper learning.

An interactive map of the alt-history world of Steampunk Rochester

Introduction: Juilee Decker, Museum Studies

In terms of research and pedagogy, I look to collections (i.e., libraries, archives, and museums) as spaces that have potentiality as sites of digital scholarship and collaboration. I have worked in this way for more than a decade—this practice has been informed, very much, by my work in the field of public art (since 1998—I can tell you more!). At RIT, I have created four courses in museum studies and public history that are intended as spaces for collaborative engagement, self-assessment, public dissemination and....  

Note: all of the photographs below relate to projects undertaken by students in my course this past fall (2015).

Students installing an exhibition
in TWC, October 2015