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Crosby County News (Ralls, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 2016 (open access)

Crosby County News (Ralls, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Ralls, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 27, 2016
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 25, 2016 (open access)

Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 25, 2016
Creator: Newman, Doris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 107, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 29, 2016 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 107, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 29, 2016

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 29, 2016
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvin Sun-Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 37, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 8, 2016 (open access)

Alvin Sun-Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 37, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 8, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Alvin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 8, 2016
Creator: Money, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Phenomenology of Fostering Learning: Alternate Reality Games and Transmedia Storytelling (open access)

A Phenomenology of Fostering Learning: Alternate Reality Games and Transmedia Storytelling

This dissertation presents the essence of the experience of instructional designers and instructors who have used alternate reality games (ARGs) and transmedia storytelling (TS) for teaching and learning. The use of game-like narratives, such as ARGs and TS, is slowly increasing. However, we know little about the lived experiences of those who have implemented such transmedia experiences in formal or informal learning. The data consists of written transcripts from interviews with 11 co-researchers in the United States and Europe. Phenomenology was the guiding methodology. The study begins by reviewing storytelling and the use of games in learning, leading up to exploring the tradition of using ARGs and TS in learning contexts. The analysis was one of reduction leading to codes, summary stories, themes, and the essence of the experience. Co-researchers used many techniques to enlighten their learners including problem-solving, critical thinking, collaboration, encouragement, disruption, and connection-making. When successful, connection-making facilitates learner agency development by providing learners with the power to act by their own initiative. Action came through the communicated narratives and games that closely tied to real-world problems. In the context of these efforts, this study's co-researchers emerged as educational life-world learning-coaches, "sensei", who were each using strategies and …
Date: May 2016
Creator: Wakefield, Jenny S.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crosby County News (Ralls, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 2016 (open access)

Crosby County News (Ralls, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Ralls, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 20, 2016
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 280, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 8, 2016 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 280, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 8, 2016

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 8, 2016
Creator: Parks, Scott K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 294, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 22, 2016 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 294, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 22, 2016

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 22, 2016
Creator: Parks, Scott K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History