Collaboration with Consultants Drives Intrinsic Motivation

Abstract

Collaboration across disciplines leads to powerful learning experiences. To drive intrinsic interest in content, we crafted a project experience for the students of CST 150 and ART 343. The students of ART 343 served as art and design consultants for educational game projects devised in CST. The students of the different classes collaborated in a synergistic way to both develop art resources and fine tune important design aspects such as modes of interaction and appealing to a specific user audience. This experience was successful and will lead to collaborations between diverse student the CS and Art programs