Let’s Play with Academia: Overcoming The Limits of The Zoom Classroom via Video Game Streaming

Abstract

This talk outlines a study that proposes a means of teaching video games analysis to students by streaming and commentating on them in the vein of Let’s Play entertainers. The pedagogy is intended to address the social limitations of the Zoom classroom, and the logistical limitations of teaching video games in higher education. The intended outputs of the study are resources shaped by its results (including seminar plans and a teaching guide), intended for use by educators who wish to teach video games as part of their practice. The study is being carried out with Undergraduate and Postgraduate students from the host institution in the University of Glasgow.