Erik Harpstead

HCI researcher @cmuhcii. Interested in educational games, learning analytics, instructional design support

[Noor Hammad @NoorHammad_N7]

Come be part of our study! @FrankElavsky and I are looking for live stream viewers and gamers who identify as blind or visually impaired to help create accessible live streaming interfaces. If you’d like to take part, please fill out this survey https://t.co/8Fhd4pKjKI

[ACM CHI PLAY @acmchiplay]

Exciting news for #CHIPLAY2023! 🎉 We're innovating the Connections Track by introducing "Amuse-bouche" sessions, happening online in the weeks before the conference. Dive into the details here: https://t.co/aGMuB4jy24 @sigchi

[Noor Hammad @NoorHammad_N7]

Come be part of our co-design study! We’re looking for game developers, web designers, researchers, viewers, and streamers who are interested in Twitch. If you’d like to take part, please fill out this survey  https://t.co/V0BlMhriQw

[Dr. Regan Mandryk 🦋 @reganmandryk @reganmandryk]

Attention #chiplay2023 full paper authors. Reviews and decisions for first round papers are now available in PCS. They will be emailed out to contact authors in the next 24 hours, but go to PCS if you are tired of waiting. :) @acmchiplay @guo_freeman @scottbateman

[Field Day Lab @fielddaylab]

It’s official! We received an @nsf “research infrastructure incubator” grant to plan technical and social infrastructure for #learningEngineering with educational video games at scale. Studios, distributors and researchers for #openscience - let’s go! @magiseif @eharpstead @wcer

[ACM CHI PLAY @acmchiplay]

The #chiplay2023 🎮 CfPs for Works in Progress, Interactivity, Student Game Design Competition, Perspectives on Play, Doctoral Consortium, and Connections are now online! ✨

👉 https://t.co/PGdprAAU88

❗️Deadline: June 22, 2023

#CHIPLAY #sigchi @sigchi

[Dr. Jessica Hammer @kleenestar]

BIG NEWS! As of 9am this morning, I'm the Director of CMU's brand-new Center for Transformational Play. We build community, make games, do research, and connect our work to the world. Looking forward to doing cool things with YOU.

More here: https://t.co/CzLBf782H4

[🦇FairyGothMother🖤🔮🥊⚔️📗 @VioletRiotGames]

Do I know anyone at Square Enix that can get me a copy of https://t.co/x6Bz8RwXsN near debut? Working with some community members who want to give a demo a chance.

[ACM CHI PLAY @acmchiplay]

Do you have a paper reporting on work in progress - #WIP - related to #play? Submit it to #chiplay2022 by the 20th of July! Details on the track here: https://t.co/v2t8ad89Nl Looking forward to your submissions! @sigchi #chiplay2022 #CHIPLAY #sigchi

[ACM CHI PLAY @acmchiplay]

The PCS is open now for all EA Track submissions! We are looking forward to your contributions to #WIP, #PoP, #DC, #Interactivity, #SGDC, and more! PCS link: https://t.co/Pzq6eSt8or @sigchi #chiplay2022 #CHIPLAY #sigchi

[TheOHLab @TheOHLab]

Starting at 1pm EDT today, at https://t.co/9meI4xMaZV, we are streaming our Twitch Teach-Out!
Come learn what we've been doing. :)
First session features talk of a data collection tool we're building.

Full schedule and descriptions available here:
https://t.co/gQTaHpKD2x

[CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute @cmuhcii]

ICYMI, last night was the final project showcase of 05-418/05-818 Design of Educational Games w/ @eharpstead. We had a great time playing their 9 tabletop, digital & card #educationalgames. More photos on Instagram: https://t.co/ICfhHQyQqj
#cmuhcii #CarnegieMellon #GameDesign

[Erik Harpstead @eharpstead]

@EdTechMuser I try to teach my students to treat the learning and experience goals as co-equal rather than deferring to learning.

[Erik Harpstead @eharpstead]

With the return to an in person Final Project Showcase in my Design of Educational Games course I can revive the tradition of making chocolate covered broccoli for my students. It's better than you think.

[Erik Harpstead @eharpstead]

@EdTechMuser Another piece of it is that I always disliked how the traditional punchline to the chocolate covered broccoli joke, which is to make broccoli with something that enhances it like garlic, metaphorically advocates for "don't make a game make something else"

[Erik Harpstead @eharpstead]

@EdTechMuser Not shown is the experimentation with 7 different chocolates I did back in 2019 to find that one that worked. There are absolutely wrong answers to this question.

[Erik Harpstead @eharpstead]

@EdTechMuser I try to teach them to question the shallow metaphor and think that if you approach it as an actual craft and get to know the properties of your materials broccoli and chocolate or learning design and games then you can make something that actually works.

[Erik Harpstead @eharpstead]

@dingstweets @joe_cutting Of course this comes out in my last week of teaching a course on educational game design! Looking forward to digging in more and making it a prominent feature in the future. The potential explanation for intrinsic integration will be particularly helpful.

[CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute @cmuhcii]

We are extending the deadline to apply for our Undergraduate Summer Research Program in observance of the MLK Day holiday today. Please make sure to submit your application by tomorrow morning: Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 7am EST. #UndergraduateResearch