Faculty Development Grant News Today

Tim McAllister, Andrew Bishop, and Hae Won Jang will begin teaching IAA students in fall 2024.

Art Beat with Vicki VanAmeyden

Physics courses inspired by ‘good games’ help draw high schoolers to STEM careers Newswise — Watch a group of teens immersed in a popular video game such as “Among Us” and you will see a textbook definition of successful engagement. Well-designed games — ones with clearly stated goals, an emphasis on storytelling, an allowance for “productive failure,” and an emphasis on supportive teamwork and inclusiveness — can point the way to a better classroom environment, too, say...

 E-Mail Watch a group of teens immersed in a popular video game such as "Among Us" and you will see a textbook definition of successful engagement. Well-designed games -- ones with clearly stated goals, an emphasis on storytelling, an allowance for "productive failure," and an emphasis on supportive teamwork and inclusiveness -- can point the way to a better classroom environment, too, says University of Alabama at Birminghams Lauren Rast, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the College of Arts a...