Lectures and Talks

Understanding collaborative learning is critical in making instructional and technological interventions for effective group work. Collaborative learning is both complex and dynamic and something of a black box to researchers and practitioners. This talk will discuss how to visualize dynamic and complex collaborative learning processes, using the StoryQ project as an exemplar learning context. StoryQ…

Join staff members from the Special Collections Research Center as they unbox some of their favorite materials from the collection. You can watch via a livestream on Twitch, and if you have a free Twitch account, you can ask questions and make comments in the live chat. We're happy to answer your questions or refer…

Join staff members from the Special Collections Research Center to unbox some of their favorite materials from the textiles collections. You can watch the livestream via Twitch, and if you have a free Twitch account, you can ask questions and make comments in the live chat. We're happy to answer your questions or refer you…

Making Space is an NC State University Libraries event series that features underrepresented groups in science and technology. Join us for a discussion about gaming and livestreaming that will feature HisandHersLive hosts Judy and Andrew Kristensen. Their gaming show streams on Twitch. Judy Kristensen will discuss her path through gaming, the development of her tournament…

It can be difficult to talk about climate change. Through the use of fictional scenarios, games help us explore and reflect on the challenging and sometimes frightening problems we face. In this series, we will livestream gameplay and discuss how climate change games help us understand and grapple with the diverse and interrelated problems resulting…

It can be difficult to talk about climate change. Through the use of fictional scenarios, games help us explore and reflect on the challenging and sometimes frightening problems we face. In this series, we will livestream gameplay and discuss how climate change games help us understand and grapple with the diverse and interrelated problems resulting…

NC State’s Centennial Campus is one of the premier research parks in North America. Join the NC State University Libraries and Alumni Association as we explore how this research park became part of NC State’s campus and its impact on the NC State community and the state of North Carolina.

Join us on Twitch for a demonstration of some of the ways you can use code to create art using the p5.js JavaScript library. We'll cover creating shapes, animating graphics, user interaction and playing sounds. You can watch the demonstration via a livestream on Twitch, and if you have a free Twitch account, you can…

In addition to his substantial contributions to sociology and civil rights activism, W.E.B. Du Bois was an early champion of using data to investigate and highlight the history and reality of Black Americans. In particular, Du Bois’s visualization contributions to the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris provided a powerful lens through which to understand the…

This event is part of the Global Change Games series. Through the use of fictional scenarios, games help us explore and reflect on the challenging and sometimes frightening problems we face. In this series, we will livestream gameplay and discuss how climate change games help us understand and grapple with the diverse and interrelated problems…

It can be difficult to talk about climate change. Through the use of fictional scenarios, games help us explore and reflect on the challenging and sometimes frightening problems we face. In this series, we will livestream gameplay and discuss how climate change games help us understand and grapple with the diverse and interrelated problems resulting…