Games and Gaming and Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences

The CITES Help Desk at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign needs an effective training program in our dynamic workplace. Learn how training games help us reinforce our traditional training, enrich the job skills of our student consultants, provide information on existing services, and foster teamwork among our staff.

Trinity University's Coates Library adapted an immersive marketing campaign strategy known as an alternate reality game when designing the library's 2006 new student orientation. Objectives emphasized critical thinking skills, orientation to the online and physical environments, interactions with librarians, and entertaining engagement.