Schedule

Serious Games Research Forum:
Engaging Learners through Gaming

Discovery Learning Center
Purdue University
October 11-12, 2007

All sessions will be held in
Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121
1201 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057

Thursday, October 11, 2007
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Town Hall Forum: “Engaging Learners through Gaming”

• Welcome: Beverly Davenport Sypher, Purdue University
• Moderator: James Paul Gee, Arizona State University
• Panel:  Samantha Blackmon, Carlos Morales, Sorin Matei, Wendy Z. Anderson

Friday, October 12, 2007
8:55                     Welcome: Beverly Davenport Sypher, Associate Provost, Purdue University
9:00-10:00           Keynote Speaker: James Paul Gee, Arizona State University
10:00 -10:15        Break
10:15 -11:30        Gender and Race in Gaming
                            Chair, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Purdue University, Communication

• Mia Consalvo, Ohio University, Communication
• Sheri Graner Ray, Serenia Games
• Samantha Blackmon, Purdue University, English

1:00-2:15             Brain, Behavior, Cognition and Gaming
                            Chair, Christoph Hoffmann, Purdue University, Computer Science

• Ben Stokes, MacArthur Foundation and co-founder of Games for Change
• Alice Robison, MIT, Comparative Media Studies
• William Watson, Purdue University, Curriculum and Instruction

2:15 - 2:30           Break
2:30 – 3:45          Online Learning in Virtual Worlds
                            Chair, Alka Harriger, Purdue University, Computer & Information Technology

• Dan DeLaurentis & Sean Brophy, Purdue University, College of Engineering
• Sarah Robbins, Ball State University, English and MediaSauce
• Michael Fatten, Indiana University, Lead Designer Arden Project
• Gary Bertoline, Purdue University, Director of Envision Center