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Worldbuilding Professional PortfolioMain MenuWorldbuilding Design PortfolioDesignerLaura works as a designer with spatial design, sound, interactive UI/UX, animation, film, and production.FacilitatorWorldbuilders need to collaboratively work in teams, helping lead the project toward aims and create an environment for productive interactions.Research + TheoryResearch and theory are integral aspects of the worldbuilding process.Qualifying Exam PortfolioA brief guide to this portfolio project, with more focused media links.Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2
Teaching
12017-02-27T17:32:50-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2156541plain2017-02-27T17:32:50-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2While Laura's research has resulted in numerous print publications, including a co-authored book chapter on worldbuilding, her worldbuilding projects as a media producer, teacher and teaching assistant have also produced films, interactive operas, virtual reality immersive experiences at the Sundance Film Festival, multimedia collections at the Venice Biennale, concepts for augmented reality apps, and digital multimedia books. These varied media formats empower participants Laura works with, collaborators and students, etc., to utilize whichever mediums adequately express the knowledge they want to communicate.
Over the past two years Laura worked as a Teaching Assistant for the Graduate Seminar in World Building across three semesters, teaching fourteen weeks alongside Worldbuilding Lab Assistant Brandon Cahoon. Through these experiences, she had regular practice leading workshops, guiding the semester long project, and developing a teaching philosophy that sees worldbuilding as core to pedagogy.
Teaching Philosophy
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