Everyone, we are excited to announce that Dr. Gili Freedman will be joining our Tiltfactor team. Gili is a social psychologist who is interested in how people interact with each other and how we can make those interactions better. She received her B.A. in Psychology from...
We'd love to share our gratitude for all of the good Tiltfactor goings-on with you! There is quite a bit to be thankful for this year. Awards This year, to date, Tiltfactor garnered much recognition! Smorball and its 'Best Serious Game' award In September, the Tiltfactor team...
UPDATE: Position has been filled. Thanks to all who applied! Post Doctoral Researcher Position at Dartmouth College for 2016 The award winning game design and research laboratory at Dartmouth College, Tiltfactor (https://tiltfactor.org) has an opening for a full-time postdoctoral research position in social psychology to begin January or August 2016. The...
On Saturday the Tiltfactor team took Smorball to the Boston Festival of Indie Games. Our computers were constantly filled, as players loved the game and fiercely competed to top each others' high scores! Then, at the end of the day we were surprised and thrilled that...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Amy D. Olson | Amy.D.Olson@dartmouth.edu | 603-646-3274 Dartmouth’s Tiltfactor Launches Games to Improve Access to Biodiversity Heritage Library Content Smorball and Beanstalk Allow Players to Transcribe Texts through Play HANOVER, N.H. – June 9, 2015 – Today, Dartmouth College's Tiltfactor, an interdisciplinary studio that...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HANOVER, N.H. - March 2, 2015 - Dartmouth College’s Tiltfactor, an interdisciplinary innovation studio, is excited to announce new work with collections from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens...
UPDATE: Position has been filled. Thanks to all who applied! The Tiltfactor game design and research laboratory at Dartmouth College (https://tiltfactor.org) is seeking applications for a full-time postdoctoral research position in social psychology for the 2015-2016 academic year. Tiltfactor Lab at Dartmouth College designs, creates, and...
We are pleased to issue an open call for applications to “Engaging the Public: Best Practices for Crowdsourcing Across the Disciplines.” This workshop, to be held at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD, on May 6-8, 2015, is being led by Dartmouth College...
Tiltfactor and the University of Edinburgh, Library and University Collections are excited to announce the addition of over 3,300 images from the University of Edinburgh to Metadata Games. This collection, a miscellaneous “gallimaufry” (a confused jumble or medley) of digitized items from Special Collections, displays...
On December 11, 2014 at 12pm EST, the Crowdsourcing Consortium for Libraries and Archives (CCLA) will hold its second 1-hour webinar titled, "Scoping and Funding Crowdsourcing Projects." This webinar, hosted in conjunction with the OCLC, will explore how researchers, as well as libraries, museums and...