Posts for the Topic research

How outer space can help in the fight against Ebola

Friday, October 16, 2015 by Dr. Farhan M. Asrar (MPH’13)

An Interview with the Games Institute

Monday, May 4, 2015 by Jim Wallace, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems

The Games Institute (GI) is a formal research centre that came into existence in June 2011. Staff, students and faculty that are involved with the GI specialize in games related research, and, much like games research, are multidisciplinary hailing from all disciplines.

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Motivating with Games at UWaterloo

Tuesday, February 3, 2015 by Diane Watson, PhD Candidate in Computer Science

At the Games Institute at the University of Waterloo, we understand that games can be used to motivate players to part-take in real world (aka non-game) activities.

Games motivate by providing three things: the sensation of being and becoming competent in a skill, the feeling of being in control, and by providing social contact.

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A Career in Games

Friday, January 9, 2015 by Jason Hawreliak (Ph.D '13)

Jason Hawreliak (Ph.D., 2013) is an Assistant Professor of Game Studies at Brock University’s Centre for Digital Humanities. He is also a co-founder and editor of the online game studies periodical First Person Scholar.

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The Games Institute at UWaterloo and Why We Need It

Thursday, November 27, 2014 by Neil Randall, Associate Professor, Department of English (MA '81)

The Games Institute officially came into being in June 2011.

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Be a part of research, not the scary kind!

Friday, January 10, 2014 by Cynthia Breen

Research? Like a guinea pig? All my associations with being a part of research beforehand were lab rats and potential risk for developing a third eye, but I assure you that is not the case.

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