Welcome to PLAYHOUSE

Playhouse is not really a blog, it’s a place for me (Diane Carr) to park stuff. I’m based at the Institute of Education, University of London.  See under ‘who and what is playhouse?’ for more details. Follow entries (over there, on your right) to more information on various events, previous publications and these projects:

Projects

Virtual Worlds/Methodology (2009-10) for “MediaEvo – Sviluppo di una piattaforma Multicanale e Multisensoriale per l’Edutainment nei Beni Culturali”, led by Prof. Giovanni Aloisio, University of Salento. The research component of this study is managed by Prof. Pierpaolo Limone, Universita degli studi de Foggia. November 2009 – April 2010, part-time.

Learning from Online Worlds; Teaching in Second Life (2007-2008)  Funded by the Eduserv Foundation. Please follow the link to the project blog for (much) more information. 12 months, part time.

Digital Technology, Learning and Game Formats: Computer games, motivation and gender (2004-2007) funded by the Eduserv Foundation

The AHRB funded Textuality and Videogames: Interactivity, Narrative Space and Role Play (2001-2003)

There’s also a page of information and a list of abstracts from meetings of the London Game Research Group.

Also – follow the blogroll for links to a Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) Special Interest Group on Games and Film.

Digital Game Studies? For more information about research into digital games, online worlds or computer games, try the journal Game Studies, or visit the digital library at the Digital Games Research Association, particularly the papers from the DiGRA international conferences. There is a also a sample issue of the journal Games and Culture online here, plus there are short biographies of some games theorists (mostly UK-based ones) on the various event programmes listed here under ‘Pages’.

Accessibility – If you have trouble accessing the information on this blog, and you would prefer the material in another format please contact me d.carr[at]ioe.ac.uk.

The cover star is Ms Vella, a Second Life avatar.