Permission to visit with 15 responsible college students
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:45 pm
Hi,
For several years, I have taught a course on the ethnography of virtual worlds at Trinity University. In previous years, students have explored game-worlds such as Everquest, WoW, and Everquest II. This semester, they will be investigating Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.
Syllabi from previous courses are posted on-line at http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/mmo/students.html and http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/worlds/students.html. A copy of this semester's syllabus can be downloaded from http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/vanguar ... llabus.pdf.
I am seeking the community's permission to bring my students into MUME between 6:30 and 9:00 p.m. (CST or UTC/GMT -5 hours) on the evening of Wednesday, September 3rd. The exercise is intended to give students first-hand experience with MUDs, and it is also intended to prompt reflection on the relationship between visual display media and the experience of game-play.
The students have already read some of Bartle's work and they will have read a bit of the "State of the DIKU" thread on Terra Nova (http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2 ... he-di.html). These are respectful students, and I will make sure that they understand all of the community rules before entering into the world.
Please let me know if you have any objections to a student field trip in MUME tomorrow evening. My e-mail address is: aaron.delwiche@trinity.edu, and I will be sure to also keep an eye on this forum.
Thanks!
Aaron Delwiche
For several years, I have taught a course on the ethnography of virtual worlds at Trinity University. In previous years, students have explored game-worlds such as Everquest, WoW, and Everquest II. This semester, they will be investigating Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.
Syllabi from previous courses are posted on-line at http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/mmo/students.html and http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/worlds/students.html. A copy of this semester's syllabus can be downloaded from http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/vanguar ... llabus.pdf.
I am seeking the community's permission to bring my students into MUME between 6:30 and 9:00 p.m. (CST or UTC/GMT -5 hours) on the evening of Wednesday, September 3rd. The exercise is intended to give students first-hand experience with MUDs, and it is also intended to prompt reflection on the relationship between visual display media and the experience of game-play.
The students have already read some of Bartle's work and they will have read a bit of the "State of the DIKU" thread on Terra Nova (http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2 ... he-di.html). These are respectful students, and I will make sure that they understand all of the community rules before entering into the world.
Please let me know if you have any objections to a student field trip in MUME tomorrow evening. My e-mail address is: aaron.delwiche@trinity.edu, and I will be sure to also keep an eye on this forum.
Thanks!
Aaron Delwiche