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Transforming Higher Eduction Through Play

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Professors at Play invites educators to explore the transformative power of play higher education. Through community, resources and events, Professors at Play looks to challenge existing norms of academia, energize learning and making teaching fun!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Professors at Play ONLINE Playbook

Do you have innovative and playful online techniques to share? We want to hear from you!

We are now accepting submissions to the Professors at Play ONLINE Playbook. 

Our comunity of playful professor helps advance effective uses of play in higher eduation. Check out how you can get involved and unlock a little fun in your institution.

Community

Professors at Play is first and foremost a community of like-minded teachers, instructional desigers and administrators who see play as a positive vector for change in higher education.

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Services

Need help reaching your playful goals? Let us help! From talks and workshops to consulting and review, Professors at Play works to help you become a more playful teacher and develop more playful organizations.

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Events & Resources

Need a tip, a technique or want to join a live event? Professors at Play works to create and share a variety of resources to inspire and support play at universities and colleges across the globe.

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Our Latest Work

We are always planning and making. Here’s s look at some recent and upcoming work.

Professors at Play PlayBook

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The Wall

The Wall

by Lisa Forbes Let’s talk about the wall. Not the Pink Floyd album but the metaphorical wall that represents what stands between us and some type of change. I’m a mental health counselor so this topic could quickly get into talking about our shame and childhood...

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Lecture Breakers

Lecture Breakers

If you have not heard of Barbi Honeycutt's Lecture Breakers Podcast, you are missing out. Dedicated to providing resoures to profs ready to break away from the iron grip of the lecture, her posts and podcasts manage to balance high quyality content with an...

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De-Educating Play

De-Educating Play

by David Thomas  I’ve changed my mind about what it really means to be a professor at play.  It starts with how natural it is to play, travels through higher education’s participation in the de-education of play and ends up with me seeing a new mission in my teaching....

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 Professors at Play runs a community Google Group where we  discuss our experiences and questions about fun and play in higher education. If you want to join the discussion, sign up for our Professors at Play Google Group Listserv!