Blog Archive
Online Fun!
We've been busy finalizing the Professors at Play Playbook. But we did take a moment to put some of our playful techniques to use in presentation for the E learning Costorium of Colorado's annual conference: That Was Fun! Online Edition. Watch a recording here:...
A Manifesto for a Different Kind of Education
by Lisa K. Forbes Someone recently asked me: “What makes you a different kind of learner?” Upon reflection, I told them that I am a different kind of learner because I am a neurodiverse and disabled learner. As a student, I struggled throughout my schooling. I...
Wow. Wow. Wow.
If you have not discovered the Playful University Platform, drop what you are doing and go there now. Before there was a Professors at Play, the PUP folks were doing paralell work in Europe, building a plaform for a more playful higher education. With the publication...
Goodbye Gamification: Hello Play
So you want to bring a little fun into your classroom and games seem like the perfect way to do it. How do you start? It might be tempting to Google “gamification” and see what comes up. But let me steer you in a different direction. Gamification has a mixed...
Light a Candle
Wow. What a year. Since Professors at Play is a diverse organization with people from all over the world, we know that what is winter for many of us is summer for others. Some of you are about to celebrate Christmas, others have already enjoyed Hanukkah, the Soltice...
What is a “Playvolution”?
Are you ready to change the world? Or at least higher education? Then welcome to the revolution. Or the Playvolution as we call it. What is the Playvolution? Like any good revolution it’s an rallying cry to hoist out the old and establish something new. So, what are...
Think UDL
If you believe that play is universal, then you will immediately understand why Lisa and David were delighted to talk to the Think UDL podcast. Not ony is play, well, a lot of fun. It also can be inclusive! Check out the podcast and find out more.
Chilling Out
One of the important lessons of play is to take a break. Sometimes fun is just kicking back and not doing anything. As the summer lingers and the fall term approaches, we have been taking time to do just that--relax! We'll be back with regular posts and lots of cool...
The Playvolution
by David Thomas The other day this popped up in a student assignment: “I also agree when you spoke in the lecture about how there is ‘Play Shaming’ in education. I have always been told to never say ‘play, or playing with an iteration’ and instead use ‘experiment,...
Definitions: Play to Save the World
by Lisa Forbes I’ve been pleased and inspired to find more and more people talking about play and interested in how to use it in higher education. But the more I hear people talk about play, the more I realize we might not be talking about the same thing. And,...