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Abstract:
In January 2020 we (a group of former colleagues) began exchanging letters reflecting on the ways in which our lived experiences of academic development shaped our professional identities. We were attempting to create a methodology for reflection that liberated us from professional norms and expectations through an epistolary exchange. We were looking for an ‘uncanny encounter’, but what we got was a global pandemic, complete with learning and teaching challenges that reshaped our practice. In our article (Carr, Cunningham, Mills, & Taylor, 2021) we drew on strategies of reflection-on-action and then reflection-in-action to take readers through our process of analysing and sharing our practice. We then challenged readers to examine their own practice using the provocations that we designed. At the start this webinar we will invite you into our ‘magic circle’. You will participate in a simulation where you are delegates at a conference focusing on responding to a consultation document ‘Higher education 2040’. Our ‘imaginary friends’ will deliver a keynote speech and set the scene for a group activity. Finally, together we will explore how the methods we used combined with playfulness as a signature pedagogy might adapted to the context in which you work.
Speakers bios:
Jenni Carr:
Jenni is a Senior Academic Developer at the LSE Eden Centre for Education Enhancement. She is programme director for the School’s two taught-provision teaching qualifications. Jenni draws on her expertise in the role of creative pedagogies in learning to lead two School-wide initiatives: LSE Fringe and LSE Congress.
Catriona Cunningham:
Catriona heads up the Department of Learning & Teaching Enhancement. Her disciplinary home is Francophone Studies and she draws on this interest to explore interculturalism and the playfulness of language in higher education. She leads on several internal and external student engagement projects to welcome in diverse perspectives to the curriculum.
Natasha Taylor:
Natasha is Head of Educational Development at the Australian College of the Arts (known as Collarts) in Melbourne. She is the strategic lead for Scholarship and is responsible for the design and delivery of PD programmes in teaching and learning across the College’s four schools. She also leads the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (Creative Arts).
Jennie Mills:
Jennie is an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Academic Development Centre at the University of Warwick. She co-leads co-lead the Academic and Professional Pathway for Teaching Excellence and leads the Warwick Awards for Teaching Excellence. She is interested in the role of play, playfulness and creative methodologies in higher education research and practice and is a trained facilitator in the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY® methodology.
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