Crafting Your Way to Chaotic Good: Redesigning Information Literacy Instruction as a LARP

1- Short Session Description

Learn how a librarian spent an entire summer making props and costumes, writing, directing, and starring in a game trailer, and building a mythology fit for the campiest D&D party you’ve ever seen. This session will begin with an overview of the game “Battle for the Oval Kingdom,” which was launched in 2018 in the Freshman Seminar at our institution. We’ll discuss strategies for building your own game, including seeking collaborative partners, creating your own mythology, designing costumes, writing scripts, and game design. Participants will also have an opportunity to create a mythology and begin developing their own information literacy game during the session.

2- Session Style/Format (e.g. lightning talks, make/hack/play session, etc.):

Skill-building and hands-on workshop

3- Takeaways:

Session participants will create a mythology and begin developing an information literacy game for the student population of their choice.

4- Organization. Fully formed

5- Contact Information – Emily Krug ekrug@king.edu