The Minecraft experience will comprise about a dozen one-to-two-hour meetings of the faculty with twenty Honors students. Readings, video viewings, presentations, guest lectures, and gaming sessions will serve as catalysts for discussion in the hopes of spurring future research and community connections.
Content will include:
- Lectures/presentations by faculty and guests on: virtual communities; virtual art; virtual machines; philosophy of art and of games/gaming; visual thinking strategies; design in Minecraft; games, play, learning, and development; the history of Minecraft, the mathematics of Minecraft.
- Readings and Viewings: Half Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds, Jesper Juul; Assorted Minecraft YouTube Videos; Games: Agency As Art C Thi Nguyen
- Experiential Sessions: The course will include access to a dedicated Minecraft server, accessible only to students, faculty, and guests of the course. Some class meetings will occur virtually on the Minecraft server.
Faculty Participants
Roy T Cook
Activity Period
Spring 2025
Meets
Mondays 1-2:30pm
Students Admitted
20