Conferences & presentations
Discover presentations given by Concordia faculty, students and staff at various conferences featuring projects completed in collaboration with the Lab.
Showcasing collaborative conference contributions
- Hernandez-Gonzalez, Teresa, Remi Arora, “Fostering Emotional Exploration and Regulation in Teacher Education: Leveraging Virtual Reality for Reflective Practice”, presented at the 14th annual SALTISE Conference, Montreal, June 5th, 2025
- Calcagnile, Angelica. "In the Loop: Fishing Minigames and Rhythm." Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA) Conference 2025. Canadian Game Studies Association, Montreal, June 10, 2025. Awarded Best Paper.
- Simon, Bart, Darren Wershler, Gina Hara, Angelica Calcagnile. "Reanimating the Fun Palace: Digital Utopias, Collective Play, and the Architecture of Agency in Minecraft." Mechademia, Kyoto, June 7, 2025.
- Simon, Bart, Darren Wershler, Gina Hara, Angelica Calcagnile. "The Fun Palace, Cybernetic Possibilities and Minecraft." ISEA, Seoul, May 28, 2025.
- Hernandez-Gonzalez, Teresa, Remi Arora, Marco Luna Barahona, Shehrazade Bakarally "Au-delà de la Réalité : Créer des Univers de Réalité Virtuelle pour Renforcer les Compétences Émotionnelles des Futur·e·s Enseignant·e·s" presented at the 92nd ACFAS Congress, Montreal, April 5, 2025.
- Calcagnile, Angelica, Nat Torre, Andrew Rochon, Theodore Fox. “Escaping Moloch’s Gauntlet: Undergraduate Pedagogical Perspectives in Minecraft.” DiGRA 2024, Guadalajara, Mexico, July 2, 2024.
- SALTISE 2024 SPECIAL plenary session — a panel discussion on “Emerging Technologies in Education: Shaping Potential, Managing Pitfalls” Panelists: Teresa Hernandez-Gonzalez, Korah Wiley, Marco Luna Barahona, Joel Trudeau, Joel P. Wiebe, Moderators: Preeti Raman, Remi Arora, June 4, 2024.
- Calcagnile, Angelica, Theodore Fox, Andrew Rochon, Nat Torre. “Moloch’s Gauntlet: Undergraduate Experiments in Minecraft for Pedagogy.” Connected Learning Summit, online, October 26, 2023.
- Calcagnile, Angelica, Theodore Fox, Andrew Rochon, Nat Torre. “Escaping Moloch’s Gauntlet: Undergraduate Pedagogical Perspectives in Minecraft.” Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA) Top Papers presentation. Canadian Game Studies Association, online, October 5, 2023.
- Wershler, Darren, with Stuart Thiel and Bart Simon, “Three Semesters in Minecraft: Lessons Learned from a Fully Flipped Online Class.” SALTISE 2023, Concordia University, Montreal, June 13, 2023.
- Calcagnile, Angelica, Theodore Fox, Andrew Rochon, Nat Torre. “Escaping Moloch’s Gauntlet: Undergraduate Pedagogical Perspectives in Minecraft.” Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA) Conference 2023. Canadian Game Studies Association, online, June 9, 2023. Winner, Most Creative Paper.
- Wershler, Darren, and Bart Simon. “Rattletrap Platforms: Modded Minecraft and Digital Pedagogy.” Digital Pedagogy Institute, Ryerson University, August 9, 2022. [notes] [slides]
- Calcagnile, Angelica, Theodore Fox, Andrew Rochon, Nat Torre. “Moloch’s Gauntlet: Escape to Modernity.” SALTISE. Dawson College, Montreal, June 2, 2022.
- Calcagnile, Angelica, Theodore Fox, Andrew Rochon, Nat Torre. “Moloch’s Gauntlet: Escape to Modernity.” In the Middle, A Chimera: The Milieu End-of-Year Exhibition & Symposium. Milieux Institute, Montreal, May 13, 2022. [slides]
- Wershler, Darren, and Bart Simon. “Minecraft as Classroom II: Refamiliarization.” SALTISE. Moving Forward Together: Opportunities and Challenges for Pedagogical Innovation. Virtual conference 2021. Montreal, June 3, 2021. [notes] [slides]
- Wershler, Darren, and Bart Simon. “Minecraft as Classroom.” Canadian Network for Innovation in Education virtual conference 2021. Montreal, Concordia University, April 20, 2021. [notes – Darren] [notes – Bart] [slides]