Students voting to extend the class time? Professors reporting that students are doing the reading for the course without threats or other forms of coercion? Today, in episode 21, Dr. Mark Carnes joins me to talk role immersion games in the higher ed classroom.

Dr. Mark C. Carnes, Professor of History, Barnard College

Author of Minds on fire how role immersion games transform college, published by Harvard University Press

Your class was less boring than most.

You give up the control of knowing what the classroom is going to be like. Instead, you get the drama and, often, these moments of extraordinary student performances and transformations that leave you amazed.

Queen’s College class did the India Reacting class. High attendance. All focused on it.

While some skepticism is appropriate, our tried and true methods aren’t that fail safe.

Structure is different, because the “slacker’s” peers are counting on him/her.

They can’t hide out like they can in other classes.

Becoming someone different from who you are

Serial podcast (Bonni)

Google “Reacting to the Past” videos (Mark)

Reacting to the Past website

Reacting to the Past consortium