WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue Center for Serious Games and Learning in Virtual Environments will open with a reception from 3-5 p.m. Feb. 12 at Beering Hall, Room 3288.

The center, housed in Beering, Room 3288, seeks to encourage collaboration and establish a foundation for research at Purdue on serious games and virtual environments for learning and support innovative instructional practices, said the center’s director William Watson. The center will establish a framework for developing and implementing engaging and innovative instruction for both K-12 and higher education classrooms.

The center was established with the support of the Discovery Learning Center, the Office of the Vice President of Research and the College of Education. The center includes a lab for utilizing, designing, developing and evaluating serious games and virtual environments.

This reception is open to the public, but those interested should RSVP by contacting Watson at brwatson@purdue.edu.