Developing “Scholarly Gaming Environments” Via Digital Conservation of African Cultural Heritage Teresa Barnes (Urbana-Champaign), Mauro Nobil (Urbana-Champaign), Laila Hussein Mustafa (Urbana-Champaign) This group seeks to create innovative educational materials in gaming and/or virtual reality formats as vehicles for research, teaching and engagement, while conserving digital versions of vulnerable African sites and materials. Funding will provide for two workshops to gather interested faculty and industry partners who will discuss the direction of the project.