ISLS 2026 Agenda

10:00 AM

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Arts Gallery & Performance · ALP 3700

#1279: What’s In A Game? Framing Undergraduate Improvisers Contributions as Legitimate Participation in Improv’s Oral History

A demonstration of improv games created and modified by undergraduates in an 'Improv for Games' course, performed by a campus improv troupe. The work frames students' new forms as legitimate contributions to improv's oral history, motivated by a pedagogy of meaningful making.

Game-Based & Playful Learning

4:15 PM

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Arts Gallery & Performance · ALP 1360

#1368: “On the fly”: A collaborative game for musical improvisation

"On the Fly" is a card-and-dice game that supports musicians in practicing collaborative improvisation through generative constraints, asking players to improvise performances that enact contours shown on cards. It functions at once as a performance format, a pedagogical tool, and a research instrument for theorizing how improvisation is learned.

Game-Based & Playful Learning