Evaluating Engagement in a Non-pleasurable Experience - First Person Victim: Invited Lecture at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Description

Henrik Schønau Fog holds a Master degree in Film- and Media Science and a Bachelor degree in computer science from the University of Copenhagen. He is currently a Ph.D. Fellow at the Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology; Section of Medialogy at Aalborg University, Copenhagen. Here he is lecturing Game Design, Animation, Screen Media, Interactive Narratives and Motion Capture while supervising various bachelor and master projects.
Henrik is currently investigating engagement in relation to games, experiential learning, and interactive narratives. At the two invited lectures at M.I.T, he will present his findings through various cases - for example how engagement has been used to implement an interactive dramatic experience - the "First Person Victim”, which is intended as an experiential learning tool to assist high-school educators teaching social and ethical issues in relation to refugees and victims of war.
Period24 Mar 2011
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