Conceptorium
Talking to Learn
Dr. Mário Escarce, Jr., UC Santa Cruz/GUII Lab
How do people learn through conversation? What can that tell us about designing better learning games?
Invited Speaker
Date TBD
Games, learning & discourse analysis!
Join us to hear what Dr. Mário Escarce, Jr.’s research reveals about how players learn together in collaborative games. Using a game on home hardening as a case study, he will talk about how conversation shapes learning—and how discourse analysis can uncover it. Mario will unpack a method that combines self-reporting, observation, and discourse analysis to create a triangulated picture of how learning unfolds in collaborative play.
Mário will help us explore such questions as,
- How does player conversation drive learning in collaborative games?
- How can game design encourage productive discussion?
- What can discourse analysis can reveal about learning processes?
- How can combining different evaluation methods, including self-reporting, observation, and discourse analysis provide a fuller assessment of learning?
Time & Place
Date TBD
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Mário Escarce, Jr., PhD
Mário Escarce is a former Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), where he continues to collaborate with the Game User Interaction and Intelligence Lab (GUII Lab). His work focuses on game design, music co-creation, human–computer interaction, and computational creativity, with a recent emphasis on serious games for climate resilience. During his postdoc, he worked alongside researchers from UC Berkeley and UC Davis on an NSF-funded project developing game-based approaches to support community preparedness in wildfire-prone regions. Mario also brings hands-on experience in game development, 3D art, and interactive media.
About participating
What to expect
The session will be divided into four parts: Introductions, Discussion, Review, and Wrap-up. A moderator will be on hand to deliver introductions, help keep the conversation moving, and lead the review.
After the session, we will share a list of participants and their contact information, a transcript of the session, and the session recording. You should review the recording, and let us know if there are sections you feel should be redacted before public release. Finally, we will ask for your feedback on the session so we can improve the experience for future participants.
Recording agreement
By participating, you grant permission for Creative Crisis Leadership to
- Record audio and video of the session
- Make session recordings and transcripts publicly available
- Publish your name, title, and affiliation as a participant
Intellectual property policy
This is a free exchange of ideas. We encourage participants to build on each others’ ideas, both during and after the discussion. Authors retain rights to materials authored after the discussion, but are expected to acknowledge the contributing role of Conceptoria discussions and individual participants when appropriate.
Creative Crisis Leadership retains ownership of session materials, including recordings and reports. Participants are granted the right to use redacted versions of these materials, with attribution.
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