What Do We Do?

About "Let's Play"

We use board games and create opportunities to help others learn and teach better via the experiential medium of games!

Conceived by Eric Rapos and Peter Jamieson in the spring of 2022, and with the initial support of Miami University's Center of Teaching Excellence the inaugural Faculty Learning Community Let's Play: Improved Instruction through Re-Experiencing Learning using Tabletop Games was created with the idea that board games would allow educators to experience role reversal and remind themselves what it is like to be a beginner and learner again. The framework and its dissemination has continued to grow ever since. This 2024-2025 Ontario Tech offering is part of the Let's Play project.

Let's Play Logo

35

Total Faculty Participants

10

External Workshops

Over $22,000

Faculty PD Funds Provided

150+

Games Played

Get to Know the Community

2024-2025 Members

Member Affiliation 2024-2025 Courses
Photo of Meghan Blythe Adams Meghan Blythe Adams Assistant Teaching Professor
Game Development and Interactive Media
Faculty of Business & Information Technology
INFR 1300U - Creative writing & Narrative Design
INFR 1330U - Basic Introduction to Game Design
INFR 3332U - Advanced Narrative Design
INFR 3370U - Social and Emotional Game Design
INFR 4560U - Law and Ethics of Game Development
BUSI 4340U - Business of Gaming
Photo of Michael Bliemel Michael Bliemel Professor
Information Systems
Faculty of Business & Information Technology
BUSI 1600U - Management of the Enterprise
BUSI 2500U - Business Simulation & Analytics
Photo of Andrea Braithwaite Andrea Braithwaite Senior Teaching Professor
Communication & Digital Media Studies
Faculty of Social Science & Humanities
COMM 2210U - Researching Comm. & Digital Culture
COMM 2220U - Media, Creativity & Culture in Canada
COMM 2240U - Television
COMM 2410U - Social History of Comm. & Media
COMM 3740U - Video Games, Media & Culture
LBAT 2414U - Science Fiction & Society
Photo of Randy Fortier Randy Fortier Senior Teaching Professor
Computer Science
Faculty of Science
CSCI 1030U - Intro to Computer Science
CSCI 3540U - Software Security
Photo of Pariss Garramone Pariss Garramone Associate Teaching Professor
Undergraduate Program Director
Liberal Studies
Faculty of Social Science & Humanities
SSCI 1910U - Writing for Social Sciences
LBAT 2000U - Intro to Liberal Studies
LBAT 4000U - Liberal Studies Capstone
Photo of Sharon Lauricella Sharon Lauricella Professor
Communication and Digital Media Studies
Faculty of Social Science & Humanities
(also appointed in Faculty of Education)
EDUC 5900G - Virtual Reality in Education
EDST 3999U - Special Topics: Listening
COMM 1320U - Public Speaking
COMM 4610U - The Struggle is Real: Comm. & Conflict
Photo of Michael Miljanovic Michael Miljanovic
(any/all)
Assistant Teaching Professor
Computer Science
Faculty of Science
CSCI 1060U - Programming Workshop I
CSCI 1061U - Programming Workshop II
CSCI 1062U - Accelerated Programming Workshop
CSCI 4080U - Educational App Design
Photo of Elita Partosoedarso Elita Partosoedarso Senior Teaching Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
HLSC 1200U - Human Anatomy & Physiology I
HLSC 1201U - Human Anatomy & Physiology II
HLSC 3462U - Advanced Pathophysiology
HLSC 4310U - Altered Physiology IV: Pharm. Interactions
Photo of Eric Rapos Eric Rapos
(Facilitator)
Associate Teaching Professor
Undergraduate Program Director
Computer Science
Faculty of Science
CSCI 1063U - Computer Programming Project
CSCI 2010U - Data Structures
CSCI 2040U - Software Design & Analysis
Photo of Amanda Robinson Amanda Robinson Academic Associate
Faculty of Education
EDST 1130U - Writing and Digital Literacy
EDST 2140U - Creating Digital Tools
EDST 3460U - Working with Clients and Partners
EDST 4500U - Enabling Learning through Technology
The Reimagined Pedagogy of Games Lab

Reimagining what it means to teach with games.