[Conf] Blogosphere thoughts on the Ludic Life
There seems to have been a lot of post-conference talk and blog posts reflecting on this year's SLEDcc/SLCC, including the great keynote Barry gave on Living La Vida Ludic.
In Dr. Hanan Gazit's Metaverse journey, he posts on the presentation.
Barry introduced the term he coined, "the ludic life," and discuss its implications for Second Life and learning. Elaborating Eric Zimmerman's argument that we have entered "a ludic century", meaning that we are now interacting with information in a ludic way. The ludic way, according to Zimmerman is not to say everything is becoming a game but rather game/play dynamics, aesthetics and sensibilities will increasingly define our social interactions. Barry argues that Second Life is a better example and, more importantly, the way in which Second Life allows users to combine their real life identities and practices within a ludic context not only makes it a powerful space for teaching people how to live a ludic life, but it also becomes the key defining characteristic of the Second Life experience.my two cents: Lessons from my research on digital games interactions among children and teenagers: Living the ludic life is very compelling and at the same time, very complex and challenging from many perspectives.
On the blog Gia's Blog, Giannina Rossini details her SLCC conference experience, including her takeaway thoughts from Barry's keynote.
"It is hard to sum up Barry’s talk to be honest: it was engrossing, entertaining and genius in its use of multi-media. He encouraged audience participation via text message, had a conversation with Eric Zimmerman, who appeared as a lamp, and used various audio and video snippets - it all sounds fantastically creative, doesn’t it? It truly was."
