On 22 June 2018 Dr Anna Clare Hunter from UCLAN engaged us in collage work in learning and teaching. This is what Anna says about this work: “I use collage work in the first session of a PGCert LTHE, as a way of breaking down boundaries between participants and, hopefully, opening minds to the new professional…
Category: 2017/18
How can we repurpose rubbish for learning?
For this meetup on 1 May 2018 we met at the University of Salford and decided to look critically and creatively at things we throw away but could indeed become valuable for learning and teaching. Yes, rubbish… it was fascinating to see what kind of rubbish colleagues brought with them and the ideas that were…
Creative use of social media for learning and teaching
On 16 March 2018, we discussed the creative use of social media for learning and teaching. This topic emerged directly through conversations we had during a previous meetup and I think it is a wonderful way to come-up with a focus instead of randomly picking one. It was a smaller group this time but the…
Mindmapping in the HE classroom
This was our fourth meetup on 19 January 2018 and we were back to the University of Salford where the event was hosted by Neil and Emma. This time we explored the use of low and high-tech mind mapping tool in the higher education classroom in face-to-face, blended and fully online settings. Our main focus…
Playing ‘seriously’ with Lego
Our third meetup on 15 December 2017 took place at Manchester Metropolitan University. We had agreed to explore the use of LEGO(R) SERIOUS PLAY(R) in learning and teaching. So the LEGO suitcase was emptied, well, almost, as we had very keen explorers with us on the day. It was a pre-Christmas meetup and everybody was…
Creatively using pedagogical frameworks and models
Our second meetup on 28 November 2017 took place at the University of Manchester and Emma Gillaspy had suggested that we look at creative use of pedagogical frameworks and models. So we had a closer look at some of these. At the beginning we used the jar activity to get to know each other a…
NEW! #creativeHE combines offline & online conversations
image source This was our very first face-to-face meetup on 24 October 2017 organised by Neil Withnell at the University of Salford. It was very much an explorative session and we discussed the purpose of this local community and how we could best spent our time together. We had ambitious ideas and still have but…
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