Associate Professor, Design and Technology (Parsons the New School for Design)
Colleen Macklin is Design Director of PETLab (Prototyping Evaluation, Teaching and Learning lab), a joint project of Games for Change and Parsons, supported by funding from the MacArthur Foundation, focused on developing new games, simulations, and play experiences which encourage experimental learning and investigation into social and global issues. She has led social media projects and programs with partners such as the UN and Open Society Institute (OSI), including a design fieldwork program connecting Parsons students with OSI's Public Health programs in Africa and the former Soviet Union. In 2006-2007 Colleen was a fellow at the India China Institute at the New School investigating the use of mobile phones and location-based media in urban design with support from Nokia.
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Colleen Macklin
Associate Professor, Design and Technology (Parsons the New School for Design)
Colleen Macklin is Design Director of PETLab (Prototyping Evaluation, Teaching and Learning lab), a joint project of Games for Change and Parsons, supported by funding from the MacArthur Foundation, focused on developing new games, simulations, and play experiences which encourage experimental learning and investigation into social and global issues. She has led social media projects and programs with partners such as the UN and Open Society Institute (OSI), including a design fieldwork program connecting Parsons students with OSI's Public Health programs in Africa and the former Soviet Union. In 2006-2007 Colleen was a fellow at the India China Institute at the New School investigating the use of mobile phones and location-based media in urban design with support from Nokia.