Games for Change Festival

Evaluating the Social Impact of Games: Do You Know What You Need?

In this workshop, join Charles Gasper, as he models impact for gaming and immersive media, speaks briefly to the unique contribution that games and immersive media can make in affecting social change, and then presents steps for evaluation of the impact.

This interactive workshop will engage participants in the process of developing a game or media for social impact, expose them to critical stages in that process in which evaluative methods are needed, and provide them with an opportunity to develop evaluation plans that align with their development, distribution, and assessment of impact. We will also briefly touch on various evaluative tools that can be used for each stage, giving the attendees the ability to better understand what is needed to assess the social impact of games and interactive media.