The known unknowns of an improv session I admit that I tend to over plan improv sessions. It’s not really an intended strategy.… agility, improv, magic, pennefather, plan, resilience, strategic, unknown
A Modular VR Instructional Design Upcoming posts will mainly consist of course overviews and the reasoning behind each. Their iterative design… affordances, brain, constraints, design, instructional design, learning, pennefather, pipeline, prototyping, teaching, user-testing, virtual reality, vr, vrpreneurs
Case Studies: Interactive Digital Media Artifacts In the past 15 years I have mentored over 35 projects and 205 graduate students on… case studies, digital media, documentation, game, installation, mdm program, mobile application, pennefather, prototyping, research, research question, statement, web
Sound Design for Interactive Mini-Theatre The challenge to reinvent the stage for theatrical design has resulted in more interactive and immersive experiences.… binaural, composition, design, electric company theatre, felix culpa, hive, mini-theatre, pennefather, sound, western theatre conspiracy
Music for Dance Film Series 1 This was one of the first Dance for Film projects I collaborated on. Alving Erasga Tolentino transposed his live… dance, film, pennefather, sound design
Live Music and Songs The productions below highlight some of my ongoing exploration of integrating live and pre-recorded songs into the… Boca del Lupo, composition, Dances for a Small Stage, design, live, mother courage, music, pennefather, prototyping, UBC
Dancers Dancing Dancers Dancing/Various selections/2005-2015. I’ve created many compositions working with choreographer and educator Judith Garay. A trailer… composition, dance, dancers dancing, hypersonic, laser, localized sound, music, pennefather, rapid prototyping, speakers
Studies in Motion Studies in Motion/Electric Company Theatre/2006-2010. Five separate productions based on the life of Edweard Muybridge. 120 Cues. Over… audio, composition, design, electric company theatre, music, pennefather, prototype, sound, theatre
Teaching Prototypically As a teacher, embracing the values of prototyping has meant a solid commitment, understanding and breakdown… design, digital prototyping, hybrid, pennefather, philosophy, prototyping, reflection, teaching
Rapid Prototyping Techniques @ the CDM The videos below represent two different ways that I’ve attempted to capture typical rapid prototyping processes… CDM, digital prototyping, disruptive, embodied prototyping, improvisation, paper prototyping, pennefather, physical prototyping, prototyping, rapid prototyping
Rapid Prototyping & the Performing Arts Facilitating a rapid prototyping process at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts with Small Stage this… artist, creative, dance, hybrid, iteration, iterative, music, pennefather, prototypes, rapid prototyping, small stage, teaching, what if
Reflections on Mentoring Projects 2015: V. 23 As the last semester came to a close, I too decided to perform the painful but rewarding… client, critical path, friend, learner, learning, pennefather, project-based learning, projects, prototype, real-world, reflection, teaching, trust
Disrupting the Assumption of Collaboration Why should we assume that collaboration means the same thing to different people? Is it enough… collaboration, communication, design, drawing, exercise, learning, mdm, mdm program, mechanics, pennefather, rules, rules of play, strategic, time
Crowd Surfing Love @ the Centre for Digital Media What better way for a brave group of Chinese students from the Communication University of China to start… CDM, classroom, crowd surfing, disruption, fun, game, improv, improvisation, interaction, learning, mdm program, pennefather, risk, teaching, trust
Work with New Others…Often It’s difficult advocating the unknown joys and perils of collaborating with others when I’d rather talk about the… collaboration, disruption, disruptive, learning, mdm program, others, pennefather, teaching
Let Learners Influence the Design If we are not in the classroom for the learners then should we be in there… agile, design, disruption, iterative, learning, pennefather, reflection, teaching
Assume Learners Are Not Empty Headed I’ve seen so many teachers think that learners need to be broken down. In order to… disruption, improvisation, intelligence, interaction, learners, mdm program, pennefather, teaching
Disrupting the Classroom This video shot at the Masters of Digital Media Program by learners who over the years have contributed… CDM, classroom, disruption, disruptive, improv, improvisation, interaction, learners, mdm, mdm program, pennefather, teaching
Improvisation & Communication A short video detailing the advantages improvisation has to support communication in collaborative activities. Shot with… CDM, communication, disruption, disruptive, improv, improvisation, interaction, mdm, mdm program, pennefather
Reverse Engineering a Class I’m trying something new for my class this first week of November. I’m going to reverse… disruption, heuristics, learning, pennefather, problem-solving, problems
