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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!
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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.
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.
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.
Our Latest Work
We are always planning and making. Here’s s look at some recent and upcoming work.
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Unboxing
Unboxing for Building Connections and Community in Online Learning By Lisa Forbs You all might have seen our call for participants in the Professors at Play Fun Fall Pal Package (FFPP). It was an opportunity to send and receive a physical fun package with fellow P@Ps....
Sir Ken Robinson (1950 – 2020)
Farewell by David Thomas The first time I saw Ken Robinson speak was at an academic tech conference--probably an eCollege gathering. Like the rest of the attendess, I wandered into the keynote to hear a speech by an affiable Brit that I had never heard of. Robinson...
Wacky Covid
By David Thomas If you listen to the dire warnings from the finance office, the gnashing of teeth of faculty and rending of cloth across higher education, you’d get the idea that the COVID pandemic has really put a strain on higher education. And, of course, it has....
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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!