An Educator’s Guide to Interactive Digital Narrative: Syllabi and Resources from Around the World

ARDIN, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University Press, proudly presents the first edition of An Educator’s Guide to Interactive Digital Narrative: Syllabi and Resources from Around the World co-edited by Joshua A Fisher, María Cecilia Reyes, and Jonathan Barbara.

Open access download: https://lnkd.in/dwvamTau
Paperback purchase link: https://lnkd.in/d8ceRuAr

This global, transdisciplinary, and continuously evolving collection is dedicated to educators, scholars, and practitioners who teach and develop Interactive Digital Narratives (IDNs) across diverse fields—including storytelling, game development, journalism, AR/VR/XR, digital humanities, and more.

45 syllabi from university programs worldwide, this first edition offers a kaleidoscopic view of IDN as it solidifies into a recognized academic discipline. Each syllabus spotlights unique approaches to interactive storytelling, from foundational theories to hands-on best practices.

What You’ll Find Inside:

  • Syllabi & Teaching Materials: From survey courses and introductory workshops to advanced graduate seminars, each syllabus shares resources, assignments, grading rubrics, and platform recommendations (Twine, Unity, Inky, Adobe XD, and more).
  • Theoretical Foundations & Practical Guidance: Dive into transdisciplinary approaches that blend game design, media studies, literature, and computer science for holistic IDN instruction.
  • Community-Driven Perspectives: Learn from instructors worldwide who contribute unique insights shaped by their local context, audience, and institutional structures.
  • Collaborative & Flexible Pedagogies: Get inspiration for mixing lectures, peer critiques, project-based learning, and real-world playtesting.

Learn more about the project at https://idnsyllabi.com/

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ICIDS 2021 Call for Creative Works

The Call for Creative Works for ICIDS 2021 is now available.

The ICIDS Art Exhibition welcomes proposals for interactive digital storytelling artworks that explore the curatorial theme [Re|Dis]Connection, and that engage with the challenge of combining computational digital media and storytelling.

Artworks must be completed by the time of exhibition, and not at the concept stage. Works-in-progress or technology demonstrations may be appropriate for the academic conference doctoral consortium, and should be submitted there. Submitted works will be reviewed by a jury, and selected works will be exhibited in the exhibition space, and included in the online exhibition catalogue.

Important Dates

August 31, 2021 (11:59 pm, Eastern European Summer Time) artwork proposal submission deadline.
September 30, 2021: notice of acceptance/rejection.

See the ICIDS 2021 website for details: https://ardin.online/conferences/icids-interactive-storytelling/icids-2021-tallinn/

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Announcement regarding ICIDS 2021 and ICIDS 2022

With COVID-related restrictions still in effect at UC Santa Cruz, it became increasingly unlikely that we would be able to offer an in-situ conference experience for our community in California this year. While last year’s virtual edition was testimony to the potential of well-organized virtual meetings, we are keenly aware of the value of in-person encounters and the prevalence of “Zoom fatigue”.  

After considering a range of options, we approached the hosts of ICIDS 2022 and are now happy to announce a solution we feel serves our community best: ICIDS 2021 and 2022 will exchange locations with most of the organizing team staying in place. ICIDS 2021 will take place with in-situ and virtual attendance options on December 7-10 in Tallinn, Estonia, co-chaired by Michael Mateas and David Lamas, while ICIDS 2022 will take place in fall 2022 in Santa Cruz. The deadlines for contributions will be extended by four weeks, to 23 July 2021. 

See the ICIDS 2021 website for details: https://ardin.online/conferences/icids-interactive-storytelling/icids-2021-tallinn/

Sincerely,
The ARDIN executive board and ICIDS 2021/2022 chairs

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ICIDS 2021 Call for Workshop Proposals

The call for workshop proposals for ICIDS 2021 is now available.

Proposals for workshops are short papers (4 pages including references, in Springer LNCS format) that are not anonymized. Workshops may vary in length, from half a day to a full day, and may vary considerably in format. Interdisciplinary proposals are particularly encouraged.

Provisions will be made to ensure that workshops can be run either virtually or hybrid if required.

Important Dates

July 30th – Submission deadline (workshop proposals)
August 16th – Notifications to workshop organizers

See the ICIDS 2021 website for details: https://ardin.online/conferences/icids-interactive-storytelling/icids-2021-tallinn/

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Welcome!

This is the home of the Association for Research in Digital Interactive Narratives, a community of academics and practitioners concerned with the advancement of all forms of interactive narrative – including narrative video games, interactive documentaries & video, journalistic interactives, artistic installations, XR (VR, AR, MR) pieces and further emerging forms. Lear more.

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