or pronouncements or elucidations… the weekly list of what kind of alchemy is happening in #netnarr
Alan Levine on What does it mean to settle into a class that is not limited to the people in the room?
This week we continue the “move in” process with our digital alchemy tools and networked course. And we continue to ask questions about the need to worry about a forecast climate of internet darkness.
Alan Levine on Mia Zamora and Alan Levine are starting the third year of the Networked Narratives open course, based at Kean University but open to all. We are impressed that you were brave enough to click a link here.
Alan Levine on It is just a rumor, but there are sounds of tinkering and occasional explosions in the #netnarr laboratory. Does this mean Arganee is active?
Most likely yes, and there will be a new round of an open course, in perhaps a new dimension starting in mid January. 2019.
Alan Levine on This third issue of the Arganee Journal is a collection of E-Literature project ideas created as the final assignment for the Spring 2018 Networked Narrative class at Kean University.…
Alan Levine on Alan Levine on How can Electronic literature be used to express your ideas, worries, forecasts for what it means to experience the theme of this course– This Digital Life?
Last week we explored examples of the genres Electronic Literature. For …
Alan Levine on What is Electronic Literature? What is the difference, overlap with “regular” literature? What kinds / genres appeal to you as a form you might want to create?
Note: As a reminder, we do not meet in person this week; this work is mostly a reading and exploration assignment, a week …
Alan Levine on Computers can be platforms for software agents that “acts for a user or other program in a relationship of agency.” More specifically Chatter Bots are ones that “convincingly simulate how a human would behave as a conversational partner.”
Marrying responses of software agents with greater amounts of artificial intelligence (mining …
Alan Levine on Alan Levine on As this course has Narrative in its name, this week we turn to look at the elements of the games we have been discussing and sharing, in particular the role of a story in the creation of a game experience and the story behind games.
The Extra Credits …
Alan Levine on We’ve explored a bit about games we enjoy for our own amusement, distraction, fun. This week we ask if the same methodology can be used for quote / unquote serious purposes- to educate, to connect, to generate empathy. Do such narrative / serious games accomplish this? Why (or why not)?…
Alan Levine on Alan Levine on Alan Levine on In our last week of the Digital Art Segment, following up on Week 6, we continue looking at the art and style of the animated GIF, working to assemble our own miniature GIF movie made of multiple pieces of media.
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