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Name: Dr Diane Carr
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Diane Carr is a Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies. Her research interests include subjectivity and representation, virtual worlds and MMORPGs, and digital games 'as texts'. Project work includes 'Learning from online worlds; Teaching in Second Life' and 'Computer Games, Motivation and Gender' (both funded by The Eduserv Foundation) plus 'Textuality and games' (funded by the AHRB). Diane co-authored ‘Computer Games; Text, Narrative and Play’ (Polity, 2006). For more information, see http://playhouse.wordpress.com

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LKL News

Diane Carr is featured in the following news items:
 
DateTitle
Wednesday, 19 August 2009David Buckingham
Wednesday, 01 April 2009Mark Levene
Monday, 05 January 2009Liesbeth De Block
Wednesday, 08 October 2008Sergio GutiÈrrez
Monday, 26 May 2008Kaska Porayska-Pomsta
Wednesday, 05 March 2008Darren Pearce
Tuesday, 13 November 2007Sara Price
Monday, 13 August 2007Alex Poulovassilis
Wednesday, 09 May 2007Learning from Online Worlds
Wednesday, 25 April 2007Carey Jewitt
Wednesday, 31 January 2007George Roussos
Tuesday, 07 November 2006Rose Luckin
Monday, 25 September 2006Ettore Ferranti
Thursday, 13 July 2006Diane Carr
Monday, 22 May 2006Sara de Freitas
Wednesday, 08 February 2006Computer Games: Text, Narrative and Play
Thursday, 14 July 2005girls, games & jobs

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LKL Events

List of events at the London Knowledge Lab with Diane Carr:
 
DateTitle
Thursday, 20 May 2010Games, play, embodiment and the Wii
Monday, 27 October 2008Computer Games, Access, Disability
Friday, 09 November 2007Computer Game Analysis, Film Theory and the Future of Screen Studies
Friday, 02 December 2005Games Research Group Meeting
Wednesday, 26 October 2005Games and Play

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LKL Research

Diane Carr is participating in the following LKL research projects:
(bold = current)
Title
Digital technology, learning and 'game formats'
Learning from Online Worlds; Teaching in Second Life
Textuality and video games Interactivity, narrative space and role play

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Profiles

  • Alumni of Excellence
    Dr Sergio Gutiérrez-Santos has received an Alumni of Excellence Award from his alma mater University Carlos III of Madrid. This recognition is awarded to the recent alumnus (graduated in the ...
  • The Unteachable
    LKL's Co-Director Professor Richard Noss delivered his public lecture Learning the Unlearnable: Teaching the Unteachable at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education on 21st February to an audience of 450 ...
  • Live online debate between Diana Laurillard and Stephen Downes
    LKL's Diana Laurillard and Canadian researcher Stephen Downes presented contrasting responses to the question: To what extent should learning design be supported computationally? Organised by the Association for Learning Technology, ...
  • Miegunyah Fellowship for Prof Richard Noss
    Richard Noss, co-director of the London Knowledge Lab, has been awarded a 2012 Miegunyah Fellowship by the University of Melbourne. Richard will disseminate the findings of the Technology ...
  • Presentation Award for Tim Neumann
    LKL's Tim Neumann won a best short presentation award at the Association for Learning Technology Conference 2011 at the University of Leeds for his Pecha-Kucha-style presentation Matchmaking Learning Technologists and ...