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Previous Events

Below are lists of previous Reacting Events. The Annual Institute, Winter Conference, and Game Development categories also contain links to downloadable PDFs with overviews of the event.

Previous Events by Category

  • June 10-12, 2019: Regional "Games in College Classrooms" Conference at Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)

    • Game featured: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson: Liberty, Law, and Intolerance in Puritan New England

  • May 16-17 2019: Regional Conference at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)

    • Games offered: Rage Against the Machine: Technology, Rebellion, and the Industrial Revolution and Climate Change in Copenhagen, December 2009

  • March 8-9, 2019: Regional Conference at California State University, Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)

    • Games offered: Rousseau, Burke and Revolution in France, 1791 and The Society of Independent Artists debate "Fountain," 1917

  • March 29-30, 2019: Regional Conference at High Point University (High Point, NC)

    • Games offered: Greenwich Village, 1913: Suffrage, Labor, and the New Woman & Rousseau, Burke and Revolution in France, 1791

  • January 15-16, 2019: Regional  Conference at University of Maine - Farmington (Farmington, MA)

    • Game offered: Greenwich Village, 1913: Labor, Suffrage and the New Woman

  • October 12-13, 2018: Great Lakes History Conference: Playing With History at Grand Valley State University (Grand Rapids, MI)

    • Games offered: Modernism vs. Traditionalism: Art in Paris 1888-1889; The Crisis of Cataline: Rome, 63 BCE; Rousseau, Burke and Revolution in France, 1791; Mexico in Revolution, 1912-1920; and Changing the Game: Title IX, Gender, and Athletics in American Universities

  • April 20-21, 2018: Regional Conference at UM-St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) 

    • Games offered: Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 and Greenwich Village, 1913: Suffrage, Labor, & the New Woman

  • April 7-8, 2018: Regional Conference at UC-San Diego (San Diego, CA) 

    • Game offered: The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C.E.

  • February 9-10, 2018: Regional Conference at Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI) 

    • Games offered: Greenwich Village, 1913: Suffrage, Labor, and the New Woman and The Trial of Anne Hutchinson: Liberty, Law, and Intolerance in Puritan New England

  • January 26-27, 2018: Hudson Valley Regional Conference at Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry, NY)

    • Games offered: Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791

  • October 28-29, 2017: Regional Conference at George Fox University (Portland, OR)

    • Games offered: Patriots, Loyalists and Revolution in New York City, 1775-76 and The Trial of Galileo: Aristotelianism, the "New Cosmology," and the Catholic Church, 1616-33

  • October 20-21, 2017: Regional Conference at Carroll University (Waukesha, WI) 

  • April 8-9, 2017: Regional Conference at University of California, San Diego (San Diego, CA)

    • Game offered: Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791

  • March 14-16, 2014: Regional Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN)

    • Games offered: Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence, 1945 and Mexico in Revolution, 1911-1920. 

  • February 28–March 2, 2014: Regional Conference at University of Georgia (Athens, GA) 

  • October 10-12, 2013: Regional Faculty Conference at Indiana University South Bend (South Bend, IN) 

    • IU South Bend sought to bring Midwestern University faculty together to start a dialogue about the use of game-based learning and immersive strategies in our classrooms using the “Reacting to the Past” model. The conference featured two game tracks: The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C. and Frederick Douglass, Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Constitution: 1845.

  • April 19-21, 2013: Regional Conference at Pikes Peak Community College(Colorado Springs, CO) 

    • This conference was hosted by the Rocky Mountain Collaboration (RMC), a partnership started by Glenn Rohlfing at Pikes Peak Community College and Dr. Roger Martinez at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 

    • Funded by the Colorado Immersive and Game-Based Learning Faculty Challenge Grant, RMC sought to bring Community College and University faculty together to start a dialogue in our region about the use of game-based learning and immersive strategies in our classrooms using the “Reacting to the Past” model.

  • January 19-20, 2013: Regional Faculty Conference at Duke University (Durham, NC)

    • Hosted by the GreaterThanGames Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University, 

    • Games offered: Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence,1945 and Frederick Douglass, Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Constitution: 1845..  

  • March 2-4, 2012: Regional Faculty Conference at Georgia College (Milledgeville, GA)

    • Co-sponsored with the University of Georgia

    • Games offered:  Greenwich Village, 1913: Suffrage, Labor, and the New Woman and Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-76.

  • March 25-27, 2011: Regional Faculty Conference at the University of Georgia  (Athens, GA)

  • February 25-27, 2011: Regional Faculty Conference at Newman University (Wichita, KS)

    • Games offered: Confucianism and the Succession Crisis of the Wanli Emperor, 1587 and The Trial of Galileo: Aristotelianism, the "New Cosmology," and the Catholic Church.

  • April 16-18, 2010: Regional Faculty Conference at the University of Georgia (Athens, GA)

  • March 12-13, 2010: Regional Faculty Conference at Eastern Michigan University. (Ypsilanti, MI)

  • March 2, 2010: Mini-Conference at Trinity College. (Hartford, CT)

  • October 16–18, 2009: Regional Faculty Conference at Eastern Michigan University  (Ypsilanti, MI)

  • April 17–19, 2009: Regional Faculty Conference at the University of Georgia (Athens, GA)

  • April 3–4, 2009: Regional Faculty Conference at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • April 4-5, 2008: Regional Faculty Conference at the University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)

  • February 15-17, 2008: Regional Faculty Conference at Elon University (Elon, NC)

  • June 27-30, 2007: Reacting Conference hosted by the Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.)

  • March 23-25, 2007: Regional Conference at Drake University (Des Moines, IA)

  • January 12-14, 2007: Regional Conference at the University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)

  • April 1-2, 2005: Regional Conference at Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

  • November 19-20, 2005: Regional Conference at the University of Hartford (Hartford, CT)

  • September 23-25, 2005: Regional Conference at Bemidji State University (Bemidji, MN)

  • May 23-25, 2005: Regional Conference at the University of Texas at Austin 

  • April 9-10, 2005:  Regional Conference at the Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)

  • March 11-13, 2005: Regional Conference at the University of Georgia (Athens, GA)

  • February 9, 16, and 23, 2005: NYC Regional conference, Pace University (New York, NY)

  • January 10-12, 2005: Regional Conference at Smith College  (Northampton, MA)

  • December 3-5, 2004: Regional Conference at Trinity College (Hartford, CT)

  • February 21, 2020: Campus Workshop at University of South Carolina. Games offered: Athens Besieged, The Pluto Debate: The International Astronomical Union Defines a Planet
  • January 10, 2020: Campus Workshop at Ursinus College. Game offered: Frederick Douglass, Slavery, and the Constitution, 1845
  • January 10, 2020: Micro-workshop at Indiana University - Kokomo. Game offered: Bomb the Church: Saving Art or Saving Lives?
  • November 9th, 2019: One-day RTTP Workshop at Boston University. Game offered: Bacon's Rebellion and the Birth of American Racism, 1676

  • November 8, 2019: One-day RTTP Workshop at East Carolina University. Game offered: Greenwich Village, 1913: Labor, Suffrage, and the New Woman

  • September 19-21, 2019: Two-day free RTTP Workshop at Great Lakes History Conference at Grand Valley State University. Games offered: Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791, Changing the Game: Title IX, Gender and Athletics in American Universities,The Needs of Others: Human Rights, International Organizations and Intervention in Rwanda, 1994, The Prado Museum Expansion: The Diverse Art of Latin America | Township, Michigan

  • March 29, 2019: Campus Workshop at Frostburg State University: Game offered: The Needs of Others: Human Rights, International Organizations, and Intervention in Rwanda, 1994 | Frostburg, MD

  • May 2017: Various Campus Workshops at Grand Valley State University, Goucher College, Lehigh University, and University of Puget Sound

  • October 21, 2016: Open Workshop at the Rosa Parks Museum: Game offered: Montgomery 1956: White Supremacy, Civil Rights, and the Bus Boycott  | Montgomery, AL

  • August 16-17, 2016: Campus Workshop at Amarillo College: Game offered: Greenwich Village, 1913: Suffrage, Labor, and the New Woman | Amarillo, TX

  • May 11-12, 2013: RTTP Workshop at Sophia University, Tokyo | Tokyo

  • February 15-17, 2013: Campus Workshop at Frostburg State University | Frostburg, MD

  • January 25-26, 2013: Campus Workshop at Adrian College Workshop participants will learn about the RTTP pedagogy by engaging in an intensive two-day workshop on Frederick Douglass, Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Constitution: 1845. | Adrian, MI

  • August 3-7, 2012: Game Workshop at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for Values in Higher Education (SVHE) | Drew University, Madison, NJ

  • July 29-30, 2012: RTTP Workshops at 2012 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education Professors Susan and David Henderson conducted two 3-hour workshops featuring RTTP at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE). Each workshop played one short science game. The Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE) is the largest gathering of chemistry educators in the world which brings together more than 1,000 teachers committed to inspiring tomorrow's leaders in the sciences. | University Park, PA

  • July 27-31, 2011: Game Workshops at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Values in Higher Education, Elmhurst College | Elmhurst, IL

  • May 28, 2011: Micro-Game Workshop at "Creativity, Play, and the Imagination" Conference  by Nicolas Proctor and Mark C. Carnes, Teachers College, Columbia University | New York, NY

  • May 20, 2011: Introductory Workshop at Doane College. College faculty and administrators are invited to participate in a Introductory One-Day Workshop on "Reacting to the Past"  facilitated by Dr. John M. Burney, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Doane College. | Crete, NE

  • March 11, 2011: Faculty Workshop at Eastern Michigan University | Ypsilanti, MI

  • Fall 2010: Workshop Series at Eastern Michigan University | Ypsilanti, MI

  • October 22-23, 2010: The Trial of Galileo: Aristotelianism, the "New Cosmology," and the Catholic Church

  • November 19-20, 2010: Confucianism and the Succession Crisis of the Wanli Emperor, 1587

  • July 21-25, 2010: Workshops at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Values in Higher Education, Portland State University | Portland, OR

  • October 23, 2009: John M. Burney and Jennifer  McCrickerd, Drake University. Workshop, "Recreating the "Real World" in the Classroom: Using Role Playing Games to Foster Student Engagement and Integrative Learning." AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conference-Integrative Learning: Addressing the Complexities | Atlanta, GA

  • July 22–26, 2009: "Reacting to the Past" Faculty Workshops, in association with the Annual Summer Conference of the Society for Values in Higher Education, Elmhurst College | Elmhurst, IL

  • April 18–19, 2009: Faculty Workshop at St. John's University | Queens, NY

  • January 13-17, 2009: Faculty workshop led by Barbara Waldinger, Queens College (CUNY). Region 2 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival | Philadelphia, PA

  • November 15, 2008: “Reacting to the Past – A Pedagogy for Student Engagement”: Introductory workshop sponsored by the Trinity College Center for Teaching and Learning and the University of New Haven Honors Program | Hartford, CT

  • October 22-28, 2008: Faculty workshop led by John C. Eby, Loras College. 2008 Annual National Collegiate Honors Council Conference | San Antonio, TX

  • February 23, 2008: "'Reacting to the Past': An Integrative Approach to General Education" Workshop, Mark C. Carnes (Barnard College), John M. Burney (Drake University), and Ann Davison (Queens College).  AAC&U Integrative Designs for General Education Conference | Boston, MA

  • February 1-2, 2008: Faculty Workshop at the American University in Cairo, sponsored by the AUC Center for Teaching & Learning | Egypt

  • March 30, 2007: "'Reacting to the Past' -- A New Step Forward in the Pedagogy of Core Texts" Workshop. Mark C. Carnes, Columbia University, "Applying Confucius to Problems of Ming Governance;" J. Patrick Coby, Smith College, "Applying Marsilius of Padua's Defender of the Peace to Church-State Issues of the Reign of Henry VIII and the English Reformation;" Kenneth Scott Morrell, Rhodes College, "Realizing We Are the Barbaroi: Thucydides' History and Plato's Republic." 13th Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) | Williamsburg, VA

  • November 17, 2006: Workshop led by Robert A. Alsop, Associate Professor of English and Honors College Director at Waldorf College. "Innovative Pedagogies: 'Reacting to the Past.'"  2006 National Collegiate Honors Council annual conference | Philadelphia, PA

  • May 22-25, 2006: Faculty workshop at Washington & Jefferson College | Washington, PA

  • May 6, 2005: Faculty Workshop, Making Connections: A CUNY General Education Conference on Integrative Learning hosted by the LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning | New York, NY

  • February 4-8, 2005:  Workshop, Conference on the First Year Experience | Phoenix, AZ

  • January 23, 2014: "Are You Promising to Educate Students as Engaged Citizens? How Socrates, Gandhi, Rousseau, and Others Can Help!"

  • John Burney (Doane College) and Elizabeth Dunn (Indiana University South Bend) will lead a panel at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Conference of Academic Deans (ACAD, to be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, D.C. Click here to visit the ACAD web site.

  • January 24, 2014, 5:30-7:00pm: Reception at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (Washington, D.C.)  The Reacting Consortium Board will host a reception at this year's annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges & Universities. The theme of this year's AAC&U meeting is "Quality, E-quality, and Opportunity: How Educational Innovation will make - or break - America's Global Future." For further information, please visit the AAC&U meeting page.

  • November 3, 2013: "So Your Faculty Have Flipped their Classrooms-Now What?" 

  • John Burney, Chair of the Reacting Consortium Board and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College at Doane College, will join fellow provosts Agnes Caldwell (Adrian College) and Charlie McCormick (Schreiner University) for a presentation on RTTP at the 41st Annual Chief Academic Officers Institute in Pittsburgh, PA. 

  • January 6, 2013:RTTP workshop at annual meeting of the American Astronomical Association (Long Beach, CA) | Tony Crider, Elon University, "Learning Astronomy through Role-playing and Debate".

  • January 5, 2013: RTTP Forum at annual meeting of the American Philological Association (Seattle, WA) | Paula Kay Lazrus, St. John's University, and Saundra Schwartz, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Paper, "Reacting to Athens, 403 BC: Historical Simulation in the Classroom".

  • January 4, 2013: Panel at 127th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association (New Orleans, LA) | John Moser, Ashland University (Chair); Stephanie Jass, Adrian College; Abigail L Perkiss, Kean University; and Jeffrey N. Hyson, Saint Joseph's University. Panel, "History as Hypothesis: Using 'Reacting to the Past' to Teach the French Revolution".

  • October 12, 2012: RTTP Session at Annual ISETL Conference (San Antonio, TX) | Linda Mayhew and Julie Casey, University of Texas at Austin. Interactive Session, "Reacting to the Past: Teaching a Student Run Course". 42nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning.

  • November 18, 2011: Helen Gaudette, Queens College, and Gretchen McKay, McDaniel College. Special Symposium at the 2011 National Meeting of the Faculty Resource Network (San Juan, PR).

  • November 4, 2011: Diana Polley and Nicholas Hunt-Bull, Southern New Hampshire University. Concurrent Session, "Reacting to the Past: When the Curriculum Gets in the Way of Good Pedagogy".  AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conference: Arts & Humanities: Toward a Flourishing State? (Providence, RI).

  • April 17, 2011: "Creating Great Texts: The Nicene Creed through the RTTPPedagogy". Panel by Frank G. Kirkpatrick (Trinity College) and Richard GidPowers (College of Staten Island, CUNY) at the Association for Core Texts & Courses 17th Annual Conference (New Haven, CT). For further information, please visit the Association for Core Texts & Courses (ACTC) conference web site.

  • March 24-26, 2011: Two RTTP Concurrent Sessions featured at upcoming AAC&U Conference, Engaged STEM Learning: From Promise to Pervasive Practice | Miami, FL

  • David E. Henderson, Professor of Chemistry—Trinity College; and Susan K. Henderson, Professor of Chemistry—Quinnipiac University: "Reacting to the Past: Can Students Learn the Process of Science through Role-Playing?"

  • Tony Crider, Chair, Department of Physics, and Megan Squire, Associate Professor of Computing Science—both of Elon University: "Reacting to the Past: The Pluto Debate"  (Liberal Education & America's Promise Featured Session).

  • March 5, 2011: John M. Burney, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of History, Doane College; and Mark Higbee, Professor of History, Eastern Michigan University. Concurrent Session, "Facing the Elephant: Overcoming Faculty Fears about Active Learning and Game Playing." AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conference, General Education and Assessment 3.0: Next-Level Practices Now  | Chicago, IL

  • October 28, 2010: Carl A. Anderson (Michigan State University), T. Keith Dix (UGA), and Naomi J. Norman (UGA). Panel. "Reacting to the Past: Student Engagement in the Classics Curriculum." 90th annual meeting of the Classical Association on the Middle West and South, southern section | Richmond, Virginia

  • June 30, 2010: Karen Busch, Eastern Michigan University. Presentation, “Extended Simulations (Reacting to the Past) Create Quality Learning for Both Students and Teaching Staff.” 2010 Meeting of the International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED) | Barcelona, Spain

  • March 25-27, 2010:  Gretchen McKay, McDaniel College, Judith R. Shapiro, Barnard College, and Paula Kay Lazrus, St. John’s University. Session, “’Reacting to the Past’ and the Engaging the First-year Student.” AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conference – Faculty Roles in High-Impact Practices  | Philadelphia, PA

  • February 18-20, 2010: Elizabeth Kraft, University of Georgia. Paper, "Reacting to the Eighteenth Century" and Panel on "Teaching Eighteenth-Century Literature." 36th Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (SEASECS) regional conference | Johnson City, TN

  • February 5-7, 2010: Christopher Budzisz (Loras College), Peter Doerschler (Bloomsburg University), and John Eby (Loras College). Paper, “Reacting to the Past: Role-Playing Regime Change and Democratization in Political Science.” American Political Science Association 2010 Teaching and Learning Conference | Philadelphia, PA

  • January 10, 2010: Nancy Reagin, Pace University, Marsha Driscoll, Bemidji State University, Elizabeth E. Dunn, Bemidji State University, and Mark Higbee, Eastern Michigan University.  Panel, "'Reacting to the Past': Role Play, Persuasion, and Engagement in Undergraduate Teaching." 124th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association  | San Diego, CA | Read coverage by the HistoryNewsNetwork . . .

  • October 31, 2009: John C. Eby, Loras College, Doug Peterson, University of South Dakota, and Mary Jane Treacy, Simmons College. Symposium, "Reacting to the Past and Honors: Creativity, Diversity, and Empathy in Learning." 44th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council | Washington, D.C.

  • October 24, 2009: James Highland, Northern Michigan University, and Harold McDougall, Howard University School of Law. “Nonviolent Resistance is Not a Game, Or Is It?”  2009 Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking | Memphis, TN

  • April 1-4, 2009: Carl Anderson, Michgan State University, and T. Keith Dix, University of Georgia. Paper presentation, "Games Students Play: 'Reacting to the Past' and Student Engagement in Learning." At 105th annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South | Minneapolis, MN

  • October 16-19, 2008: Megan Squire, Anthony Crider, and Peter Felten, Elon University. "Assessment of student

  • learning in Reacting to the Past role-playing games." International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL 2009) | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  • September 19, 2008: Marsha Driscoll and Elizabeth Dunn, Bemidji State University. Roundtable, "The Development of Classroom Simulation Games." 2008 Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching | Traverse City, MI

  • July 31–August 2, 2008: Barbara Waldinger, Queens College (CUNY). Panelist, "iGen Live; Performance, Pedagogy and the Millenial Generation." Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Conference | Denver, CO

  • February 8, 2008: Megan Squire and Anthony Crider. " Reacting to the Past: Role playing and learning in the college classroom." At 2008 Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching | Greensboro, NC

  • April 14, 2007: Carl Anderson, Michigan State University, and T. Keith Dix, University of Georgia.  "After the Ides of March: History, Agency, and Chance in a Classroom Game." 103rd Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South | Cincinnati, OH

  • November 3, 2006: Alisa Rosenthal, Gustavus Adolphus College "Reacting to the Past in Political Theory Courses." Association for Political Theory Conference | Bloomington, IN

  • November 2, 2006: Carl Anderson (Michigan State University) and Nancy Felson (University of Georgia). "Classics across the Curriculum" Pedagogy Panel at the 86th anniversary meeting of the Southern Section of CAMWS (Classical Association of the Middle West and South) | Memphis, TN

  • October 19-21, 2006: Two presentations at the Thirty-Sixth Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning: Elizabeth Dunn, Marsha Driscoll, Dann Siems, and Kamran Swanson (Bemidji State University). "Reacting to the Past: Transdisciplinary Games that Really Work for University Students and Instructors"; and Amy Hughes, Sarah Ryan, and Mark Spergel (Baruch College). "The Day Thrasybulus Stole the Show: How Reacting to the Past is Empowering Students and Instructors" | Palm Springs, CA

  • August 3-6, 2006: Barbara Waldinger (Queens College) and Amy E. Hughes (Baruch College), "Reacting to the Past: Reliving Historical Milestones through Role-Play," annual Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) conference | Chicago, IL

  • June 12-16, 2006: Faculty Resource Network at New York University.  Summer 2006 Faculty Enrichment Programs for member institutions | New York, NY

  • April 6-9, 2005: John M. Burney, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Drake University, represents "Reacting" at the Twelfth Annual Association for American Core Texts and Courses Conference (ACTC) | Chicago, IL

  • February 18-20, 2006: Christopher H. Anderson, "Political Theory Simulations? Using Reacting to the Past to Explore the History of Political Thought." American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference | Washington, DC

  • July 2005: "Recreating the French Revolution in the 21st Century Classroom." Talk by Pace University professors Michael Rosenfeld and Anthony Sallustio.  Mendel University | Czech Republic

  • April 15, 2005: Presentation at the AAC&U's "Pedagogies of Engagement: Deepening Learning In and Across the Disciplines" | Bethesda, MD

  • April 1-3, 2005:  Presentation by Bemidji State University faculty, "Innovations in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the Liberal Arts Colleges" | Northfield, MN

  • April 1, 2005:  "Bringing Ancient Athens to Athens, Georgia: Reacting to the Past" panel at the annual CAMWS meeting | Madison, WI

Fall 2020 Online Programming

Synchronous Games

Each of the following games will be offered synchronously during the fall of 2020:

Each game will begin with an orientation/how-to session on Friday evening. The game itself will run over the entirety of the day on Saturday, beginning in the morning and ending in the evening (with breaks included).

Specific schedules may vary for each game, and will be announced as soon as they are finalized.

Microgames

Microgames can be a great way to introduce students to active learning or role playing. Many professors also use microgames as a low-stakes early class session, or as sort of 'auditions' for casting longer Reacting games. This microgame, Making History, requires no preparation, and your materials will be shared with you immediately during your play session. Several 90-minute sessions will be offered throughout the month of September; for more information and to register, please go to this link: https://reacting.regfox.com/septmicrogame.

Game-Specific Webinars

We will be offering a weekly series of webinars focusing on some of our most popular games. These sessions will help prepare participants to use the active learning pedagogy, and the particular games, online. We will discuss best practices for using the games in virtual classes, how to translate game mechanics online, and highlight key considerations for both synchronous and asynchronous platforms (including slack and video conferencing). Experienced Reacting professors and game authors will lead the discussions and answer questions. For those unfamiliar with the particular games in any format, there will be additional (optional) sessions beforehand to introduce the game's themes and structures. Recordings of each webinar will be available to purchase.