Emerging Media Initiative @ Ball State University
Emerging Media Initiative @ Ball State University

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Transmedia Indiana debuts at Indiana State Museum

The Ball State Transmedia Indiana immersive learning class debuted their interactive exhibit to the general public at the Indiana State Museum on April 27. This immersive learning course, one of the first of its kind in the country, combined service and experiential learning, digital learning environments, and constructivist pedagogy to teach students how the digital… Read on »


Video series celebrates Henry County history (BBC Student Fellows)

A student team, led by Telecommunications faculty member Chris Flook, partnered with the Henry County Historical Society to help educate county residents about the historical significance of the area and promote the society’s efforts. The students worked with a local historian and filmed high-quality historical recreations incorporating sites in New Castle and the surrounding county…. Read on »


Students recommend new architecture for new education (BBC Student Fellows)

For the last three years, faculty member Pam Harwood and students from Ball State’s College of Architecture have worked with charter schools in Indiana and Michigan to research best practices and high performance school design. Each semester, between 8 and 15 students work with two case study national school models and four Indiana charter schools… Read on »


Student projects incorporate emerging media

During the afternoon of March 27, more than 160 student projects were on display in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center as part of the seventh annual Ball State University Student Symposium. Projects represented 29 academic departments, as well as research units such as the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, the Human Performance Lab and… Read on »


Students bring George Rogers Clark back to life (BBC Student Fellows)

History faculty members Ron Morris and Daniel Ingram led an interdisciplinary team to bridge 18th century America to 21st century elementary students. Currently, there is no effective fourth- and fifth-grade curriculum on the American Revolution west of the Appalachian Mountains, an important test standard for students. Using up-to-date historiography, the Ball State team replaced fading… Read on »


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