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Interaction, Media, and Learning Lab
The Interaction, Media, and Learning Lab is the home to research, innovation, and design at the intersection a variety of disciplines related to learning, communication, and expression.
Research and design at the IMLearning Lab are focused on interventions that expand our understanding of learning, exploration, play, and media. The lab houses projects in games and simulations for religious and cultural literacy, game design for policy impact, applications of interactive media for healing and wellness, uncovering valuable historical instructional design histories, and pioneering new approaches to narrative. We explore interventions at the locus of where learning, media, technology, and audiences meet. Housed at the School of Interactive Games and Media at GCCIS and RIT MAGIC Center, the IMLearning Lab brings together students, scholars at RIT, and scholars outside of RIT to learn, design, and uncover new research findings together.
Latest IMLearning Lab News
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August 15, 2023
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RIT professors combine interactive media and hypnosis to ease pain
Researchers from RIT and University of Washington are harnessing the power of interactive media and clinical hypnosis to help people manage pain without drugs. The team has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for the work.
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November 28, 2022
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How games can be used to help people learn about different religions and cultures
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Owen Gottlieb, assistant professor of interactive games and media.
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November 6, 2020
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RIT professors release new Islamic law module for ‘Lost & Found’ religious laws game series
A new module of the Lost & Found religious legal systems game series, created by an interdisciplinary RIT team, is now available. The new game, called Lost & Found: New Harvest, has also been added to a collection at The Strong National Museum of Play.
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November 2, 2020
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Pandemic creates opportunities for students to take unique classes at RIT
With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, Dartmouth College student Clara Pakman decided to take a “gap year” and focus on experiential learning. This fall, her COVID gap year led her to RIT, for a unique course that she had always wanted to take.
