Teaching
Research by faculty and students in the lab reaches into the classroom as classes explore related subject areas. Here we feature some of the classroom impacts of research and design in the lab.
To see undergrad and graduate students learning as part of the lab, visit the People page.
Classroom Impacts of IMLearning Lab
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November 2, 2020
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Pandemic creates opportunities for students to take unique classes at RIT
With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, Dartmouth College student Clara Pakman decided to take a “gap year” and focus on experiential learning. This fall, her COVID gap year led her to RIT, for a unique course that she had always wanted to take.
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October 14, 2020
![screenshot of video game showing characters at a table with the text: Pandemic Incoming? COVID-19 Spreading.]()
RIT students create pro-social games on pandemic life for ‘game jam’ competition
WROC-TV talks to students taking part in an international game design and development competition to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic and flatten the curve.
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October 12, 2020
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RIT students create video games to help flatten the curve
A class of RIT students is taking part in an international game design and development competition to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic and flatten the curve.
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June 2, 2020
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Pandemic inspires student to create interactive narrative game about isolation
In a new game created by an RIT student, players must navigate paranoia and loneliness in order to make it off an isolated ship alive. Sean Arnold ’20 (game design and development) was inspired by his experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic to create an interactive narrative game called The Peresmeshnik.
More Classroom Impacts
In Spring of 2020, Jordan Machalek’s Tick of Guilt, published on itch.io, was made in Professor Gottlieb’s IGME 529 Foundations of Interactive Narrative class. You can play it here