Richard and MCN subscribers, I'm an exhibit technology and learning experience developer. I've been involved with developing several games for museums and science centers and just returned from an interesting conference in Washington, the Serious Games Summit (www.seriousgamessummit.com). Some very relevant and provocative presentations, discussions and projects for the museum community. Also, the National Academy of Science and the Marian Koshland Science Museum is holding an internal seminar on the subject today with which Debra Lieberman (http://www.comm.ucsb.edu/lieberman_flash.htm) from UCSB and others are involved.
I'd be happy to share some of my observations from the Summit and my experience in developing learning games for museums. More info about our work is at www.xhibit.net. Dana Hutchins Image Works/XhibitNet 541 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101 207.773.1101 ext. 102 d...@xhibit.net www.xhibit.net -----Original Message----- From: Richard Urban [mailto:museumn...@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:15 AM To: mcn_mc...@listserver.americaneagle.com; lists...@mcn.edu Subject: Games in Museums Dear MCN folk, I am currently conducting some research related to the use of computer games in museum settings. I have been able to identify a number of articles that describe the challenges of integrating games and game-like interactives into exhibits and online presentation of our collections, but the literature is somewhat thin and hasn't always taken the latest developments into consideration. This has left me with a number of unanswered questions about where we as a community get our information about how and why people play games and why we think it is a successful method for reaching out to our audiences. I am interested in hearing from colleagues who have participated in computer game/interactive development for their institutions, particularly if you would be willing to share storyboards, white papers or other documentation that outlines your development process. Feel free to contact me off-list or at the MCN conference next week to discuss further. Richard Urban Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana rjur...@uiuc.edu --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: d...@imagewks.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
