Co-creation means different things to different people.

Some definitions are that co-creation is:

…when staff and students work collaboratively with one another to create components of curricula and/or pedagogical approaches. — Bovill, C., A. Cook-Sather, P. Felten, L. Millard, and N. Moore-Cherry. 2016. ‘Addressing Potential Challenges in Co-Creating Learning and Teaching: Overcoming Resistance, Navigating Institutional Norms and Ensuring Inclusivity in Student–Staff Partnerships’. Higher Education 71(2):195–208.

…collaborative, reciprocal… through which all participants have the opportunity to contribute equally, although not necessarily in the same ways, to curricular or pedagogical conceptualization, decision making, implementation, investigation, or analysis. — Cook-Sather, A., Bovill, C., & Felten, P. 2014. Engaging students as partners in learning and teaching: A guide for faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

You can learn more about co-creation on the IATL website, including funding opportunities.

We welcome bookings from students and staff. While co-creation activities will typically involve both staff and students, it is not a requirement that bookings involve both.

The purpose of The Co-creation Space is to facilitate the formal and informal co-creation activities of staff and students. We may reject booking requests for other uses or which have capacity or other practical issues.

Examples of use we envision include:

• Scheduled teaching sessions that have a co-creation element
• Staff/student meetings, such as SSLCs
• Groupwork activities with a co-creation goal

Room capacity is maximum of 60, with 40 for groupwork at tables.