MiLK has been used to deliver course curriculum for Master of Fine Arts, Design and Technology students from Parsons, The New School for Design. The collaboration studio course, ‘PLAYLab’ was delivered by leading game design experts Katie Salen and Melanie Crean.

The course was delivered through exploration of three related domains: Game Design, Psychogeography, and Microfictions. The students were asked to develop new gaming concepts for MiLK for play by both students and teachers, propose and develop supplementary platforms or content, and prototype, playtest, and document their research findings.

The students also explored the adaptation of MiLK for 6th grade curriculum standards as a way to define the use of mobile gaming within formal learning environments. To do so the students worked with 6th grade students from the Ross Global Academy. Firstly the university students created MiLK games to be played by the primary school students. The university students collected footage and photos and used the playtest to revise their games. This was then followed up with a workshop where the university and primary school students collaborated to co-design games around the words alliance, trust, diplomacy and collaboration.

This course is an exemplar of how MiLK can support cross-discipline, cross-institutional and cross-generational learning. We look forward to hearing more from Katie Salen and her students about their experiences with MiLK.