Teaching through bespoke games

Claire Robertson, Harper Adams University, Wednesday 22nd January 2025, 2pm - 3pm (MS Teams)

Join us for a fast-paced board game jam, where creativity and collaboration take centre stage! This remote session on Teams invites you to brainstorm and develop unique board game ideas. Using Padlet or similar as our shared resource, you’ll generate individual concepts, then collaborate to create an exciting new game prototype.

Purpose:

The session aims to spark your creativity and enhance your problem-solving skills as we collectively design a board game. Whether you’re a seasoned game enthusiast or a curious beginner, this is a chance to engage in hands-on creativity and spark ideas for your own educational games.

Benefits:

• Creative Thinking: Explore innovative ideas and learn the basics of game design.
• Team Collaboration: Work together to blend diverse concepts into a cohesive game.
• Practical Insight: Experience the process of turning abstract ideas into concrete prototypes.

No experience is necessary—just bring your enthusiasm and imagination. Let’s create something interesting together!

Book your place via this link.

Critical thinking

This session will explore how:

• to scaffold student learning using GenAI as a pedagogical partner - role playing tutor, coach, and peer learner.
• to create critical users of GenAI.
• to use and develop structured prompts.