Breakout Sessions 2
2:00 – 2:45 pm
The ‘Critical Role’ of Research: Understanding the Activities of Role-Playing Gamers in Research
Drawing upon our recently published essay in The Routledge Handbook of Remix Studies and Digital Humanities, we describe the research (and remix) practices of role-playing gamers in the 21st century. An amazing wealth of resources sits before the role-playing gamer for describing medieval life, fantastic beasts of literature and media, and mythical narratives that can serve as the backdrop to adventure -- as many resources as sit in front of a first-year writing student. But the role-playing gamer is not daunted – instead, experiencing "challenge, fantasy, and curiosity" – Thomas W. Malone's model for "Intrinsically Motivating Instruction" they research deeper and find the results more rewarding. In this presentation, we look at the work of role-playing gamers as researchers (and remixers of the results of that research, at the tabletop), and we extrapolate lessons for the classroom within Malone's classic framework.
Group
Group A
Location
Science 1125
Leaders
David Beard (UMD), Lisa Horton (UMD), and Kate Rolfe
(Erickson Library, LSC)
Recognizing and Navigating Barriers to Student Success
A session focusing on some of the non-cognitive barriers with which students struggle: time management, study skills, mental health challenges, procrastination, sense of belonging, etc. Such struggles are especially relevant now in the age of COVID. Session leaders focus on how to recognize and navigate these common barriers through various interventions and classroom practices.
Group
Group B
Location
Somers Lounge
Leaders
Minden Hultstrom (Superior High School) and Heather McGrew (UWS)
Not Following the Yellow Brick Road: Breaking the Linear Thinking of Academic Writing
Session leaders will explore the acceptance of multiple avenues to Academic research, outlining, and writing with an emphasis on student choice and ownership of multiple methods. We will be looking at this from the lens of dual-credit high school students and first-year college students.
Group
Group C
Location
Science 1106
Leaders
Katie Berg (Anoka-Ramsey CC) and Jacquelene Bayless
(Columbia Heights HS)