2024 Gameful and Immersive Learning Symposium

The Gameful and Immersive Learning Symposium is an opportunity for RPI colleagues to explore innovative methods and technologies for teaching, such as reward systems that encourage engagement, adaptive content that personalizes learning for individual students, and human-scale immersive environments that place students within the material’s authentic contexts.

Using combinations of these methods and technologies can create impactful educational experiences.

This two-day symposium offers invited talks by field experts, panel discussions with Rensselaer community members, and workshops for creating, curating, and facilitating these types of learning experiences. Symposium events are held in the EMPAC Theater and in EMPAC Studio 2, where the immersive panoramic screen is installed.

• MONDAY, May 13
• 8–9AM
• EVELYN's CAFÉ
• Breakfast and Checkin
• 9–11AM
• EMPAC Theater
• Keynote: Zhenya Zastavker
• 11AM–12:30PM
• Theater
• Panel Discussion + Q&A
  Immersive Learning
• 12:30–1:30PM
• EVELYN's CAFÉ
• Lunch
• 1:30–3:30PM
• Studio 2
• Panel Discussion + Q&A
  Gameful Learning
• 3:30–4:30PM
• EVELYN's CAFÉ | Studio 2
• Innovative Pedagogy Fellows
• TUESDAY, MAY 14
• 8:30–9:30AM
• EVELYN's CAFÉ
• Breakfast
• 9:30–10AM
• EMPAC Theater
• Opening Remarks
• 10–12PM Gameful Learning Workshops
• Concert Hall Green Room
• Zhenya Zastavker Contemplative Practice
• Mezzanine
• Caitlin Hayward: Gameful Design and Assessment
  Christienne Hinz: Narrativizing
• 12–1PM
• EVELYN's CAFÉ
• Lunch
• 1–2PM Gameful Learning Workshops
• Studio Beta
• Maarten Koeners and Adam Lusby: Pro-social Spaces/Design
• Mezzanine
• Caitlin Hayward: Gameful Design and Assessment
  Christienne Hinz: Narrativizing
• 2:30–3:30PM
• EVELYN's CAFÉ
• Closing Remarks