Event: Language in Context Seminar
Organisers: Language in Context
Contact: linc@ed.ac.uk
Date: Friday 15th January 2021
Time: 15:10-16:30
Venue: Online – Zoom (please e-mail us for the joining link)
Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Bayeck (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture)
Speaker bio: Rebecca Y. Bayeck is a dual-PhD holder in Learning Design & Technology and Comparative & International Education from the Pennsylvania State University. Currently a CLIR postdoctoral fellow at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture where she engages in digital research, data curation, and inclusive design. Her interdisciplinary research is at the interface of several fields including , the learning sciences, literacy studies, and game studies. At this intersection, she explores literacies and learning in games, particularly board games, the interaction of culture, space, and context on design, learning, research, literacies. Her most recent publications include:
Bayeck, R.Y. (2020). Exploring video games and learning in South Africa: An integrative review.Educational Technology Research and Development 68, 2775–2795. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09764-7
Bayeck, R. Y. (2020). Examining Board Gameplay and Learning: A Multidisciplinary Review of Recent Research. Simulation & Gaming, 51(4), 411–431. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046878119901286
Title of talk: Embedded & Embodied language in Songo board gameplay
Abstract: Songo is a board game played by the Ekang/Fang ethnic group in Central/West Africa,
which potential for learning and literacies is still underexplored. Interestingly, emerging research shows that Songo is a space for literacies and learning. In this presentation, Dr. Rebecca Y. Bayeck, discusses the multimodal and situated discourses in Songo board gameplay.