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The Texas Association of Museums is hosting its annual meeting March 16 - 19 at the Hilton College Station. Enspirees Vu Le and Robert Bell will present a session about using Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) in museums.

Experiential Learning in the Museum: Using New Media to Create Multi-User Alternate Reality Game
Tuesday, March 16. 3 - 4:15 p.m.
Museum visitors are searching for an active experience. They want to learn while having fun. Learning games allow museum-goers to learn by doing and create their own experience. This session will explain several different types of learning games including Alternate Reality Games (ARGs). ARGs allow participants to have an experience using many types of media. ARGs help learners to think about information at hand and consequently remember it. Panelists will not simply tell the audience what an ARG is and how to set one up. They will let the audience experience an ARG through mini-mysteries interspersed in the session.

Special thanks to Guiniviere Webb at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum for inviting Enspire to be a part of this event.