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Portland, OR, United States

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Currently, The Witcher
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About Me:
I'm the Library Instruction Coordinator at Washington State University Vancouver. I'm currently researching information literacy, computer games, and pedagogy. Look for me at Loex of the West and the the 2008 LITA forum.
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http://steamcommunity.com/id/Oso

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Why I'm interested in researching gaming and pedagogy

For quite a while, I was very happy to keep my pastimes and my work separate. Bicycling, motorcycle travel, GPS geekery, and zombie survival strategy don't really intersect with my professional life, so why should computer games? So during the day (and often into the nights) I would be an instruction librarian and in my free time I'd play games and contribute to an on-line gaming community. In fact, being on the tenure track meant that my gaming had to be strictly rationed. There wasn't (and isn… Continue

Posted on February 22nd, 2008 at 6:11pm — 3 Comments (Add)

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At 11:11am on March 13th, 2008, Paul said…
I just saw your Steam page and notice the GWJ's tag. Great site and I love their podcasts. It's a weekly listen.

I've got a question about partnering on some gaming strategies and pedagogy. Drop me an email at researchquest@gmail.com

paul
 
 

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