INTRODUCTIONS

Donna Goodwyn, Head of Reference, Associate Librarian, Assistant Professor

Ian Crone, Associate Dean of StudentsStudent Affairs, Director of the Frick Center

Kyle Jones, Library Technology Assistant Jessica Weber, Technical Catalog Assistant

WHY GAMING? WHY ELMHURST?

Connection between Gaming & LearningJames Paul Gee

Attended ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning,

and Libraries Symposium, Chicago, ILGLS Games Learning & Society

Conference, Madison, WI Campus Connection with Gaming & Learning

Library & Student ActivitiesLibrary & Student Groups

CONNECTIONS

I suggested we hold a Gaming Night in the library to our Library Director and she suggested we connect with Ian Crone, Associate Dean of Students

Ian was receptive to the idea and connected us to G.E.E.C. Gaming Elite of Elmhurst College

Location: Library, Friday Nights, 7p.m. - 1 a.m. Set Friday meetings at 1 p.m. to plan details:

Library Staff, Media Center, Security, Maintenance,G.E.E.C. and Ian Crone

Student Learning

“Learning [is] a comprehensive, holistic, transformative activity that integrates

academic learning and student development, processes that

have often been separate, and even independent of each other.”

Keeling, P. & Assoc. (2004) Learning reconsidered: A campus-wide Keeling, P. & Assoc. (2004) Learning reconsidered: A campus-wide focus on the student experience. Washington D.C.: The National focus on the student experience. Washington D.C.: The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators & The American Association of Student Personnel Administrators & The American College Personnel Association.College Personnel Association.

LEARNING RECONSIDERED: TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING

Transformative education

“…places the student’s reflective processes at the core of the learning experience and asks the student to evaluate both new information and the frames of reference through which the information acquires meaning.”

““liberating liberating ourselves from ourselves from reified forms of reified forms of thought that are no thought that are no longer longer dependable.”dependable.”

Mezirow, J. & Assoc. (2000) Learning as transformation. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.Mezirow, J. & Assoc. (2000) Learning as transformation. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

LEARNING RECONSIDERED

Brain based learning… “student development education always occurs in the

active context of students lives.” Relaxed alertness Orchestrated immersion in complex

experience Engaged in processing or reflection

Keeling, P. & Assoc. (2004) Learning reconsidered: A campus-wide Keeling, P. & Assoc. (2004) Learning reconsidered: A campus-wide focus on the student experience. Washington D.C.: The National focus on the student experience. Washington D.C.: The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators & The American Association of Student Personnel Administrators & The American College Personnel Association.College Personnel Association.

MARKETING THE EVENT

Mostly led by G.E.E.C. and their online social network on Facebook

Traditional flyers and mini-flyers for cafeteria and lounge tables

Large format posters (min. 3 ft. by 4 ft.) All paper marketing materials provided by

the library Usually promotional materials were posted

two weeks before the event

ORGANIZING THE TECHNOLOGY

Coordination with Instructional Media with assistance from Student Affairs (Ian)

Coordination with G.E.E.C. Logistics of volunteer equipment Tournament scoring system

Preparation of 14 computer terminals for PC gaming Copyright considerations Collection development Security

Attended Gen Con Trade Day, “The biggest game show in North America!” 2008 (http://www.gencon.com/)

Attended Gen Con, “The Best four days of Gaming”, for 10 years.

CODCON-College of DuPage Con. Sponsored by College of DuPage Scif-Fi / Fantasy Club

Familiar with online gaming, Star Wars Galaxies, DDO.

Friends in Business, Lead programmer of Mortal Combat.

BACKGROUND AS A GAMER

ALA: News About Games and Gaming

The Shifted Librarian (gaming, technology, and libraries)

Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki - Gaming

The Technology Chronicles: Mainstreaming of Video Games Underway

Game On: Games in Libraries

ALA to Study the Impact of Gaming on Literacy

ONLINE RESOURCES

Game Development Essentials: Gameplay Mechanics

Grand Theft Childhood

The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond

The Book of Games Volumes 1 & 2: The Ultimate Reference on PC & Video Games

Reset: Changing the Way We Look at Video Games

Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Media Consumers in a Digital Age

Gamers ... in the Library?!: The Why, What, and How of Videogame Tournaments for All Ages

Paid to Play: Revised & Expanded: An Insider's Guide to Video Game Careers

PRINT RESOURCES

FIND OUT MORE AT:

Elmhurst College A.C. Buehler Library: Gaming http://library.elmhurst.edu/pages/library_information/events/

gamingnights (tinyurl = http://tinyurl.com/ecgaming)

Elmhurst College A.C. Buehler Library http://library.elmhurst.edu/

Elmhurst College A.C. Buehler Library: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elmhurst-IL/The-AC-Buehler-Library-

at-Elmhurst-College/6083469380 (tinyurl = http://tinyurl.com/eclibfb)