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EdTech Talk-9: The Power of Games, The Power of Stories by Scot Osterweil, MIT, USA

Oct. 18, 2024

Venue: S Parasuraman Conference Hall, 6th Floor, Library Building, TISS,Mumbai


To join online register:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kdOirqjguH9zpeiUSo3w0jTdoXABXoVnG

About the Speaker:
Professor Scot Osterweil is a research scientist in the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program, and a Creative Consultant to the MIT Education Arcade and the MIT Game Lab. He has designed games in both academic and commercial environments. Designs include the acclaimed Zoombinis series (math and logic), Vanished: The MIT/Smithsonian Game (environmental science), Labyrinth (math), Kids Survey Network (data and statistics), Caduceus (medicine), and iCue (history). He is a founder, President, and Creative Director of Learning Games Network (learninggamesnetwork.org) where he led the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Language Learning Initiative (ESL), and where he designed Quandary, named Game of the Year at the 2013 Games for Change festival. He co-authored the book Resonant Games (MIT Press) and served as the play consultant on the Emmy Award winning Amazon TV series Tumbleleaf.

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