The Creative Industries Initiative at Northeastern will bring together interdisciplinary research teams engaged in the creation and distribution of digital media to explore the entrepreneurial potentials that innovative uses of digital media offer for dynamic societal change, education, fulfillment and economic growth.
Games for Learning is a part of the Creative Industries Initiative. The goal of this project is to bring together the many projects exploring educational gaming at Northeastern University under one umbrella, and to foster new interdisciplinary collaborations in game research and creation. The focus of the initiative is to develop tools and methodologies for exploring, learning, decision-making and sharing community and connections through digital networking, gaming and simulation.