Campfire Talk game, an unsupervised intervision game for students and staff

Abstract

Are you witnessing students facing concerns, difficulties, and problems throughout their educational journey? Perhaps you know PhDs, lecturers, or support staff who encounter challenges in their educational, research, or teaching paths. Openly addressing these issues can prove beneficial in all of these scenarios! While coaching is a potential solution, it can be time-consuming and demanding, right? Instead, let them have a Campfire Talk: a non-intrusive and socially safe serious game that requires no supervision. It provides a platform for discussing struggles that in practice are often difficult to address or overlooked but can deeply affect individual or group behavior. During this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to experience the game firsthand, followed by an exploration of its underlying mechanisms and potential application in their own educational settings. An open-source version of this game will be available for participants.