Playography

March 2024

Playposium: Lincoln

Keynote and organizational support for our first franchised Playposium. Developed, hosted and run by the fine folks at University of Nebraska Lincoln.

Feb 2024

Playposium: Los Angeles

Professors at Play’s first live Playposium featuring keynotes by Stuart Brown and Gary Ware.

Jan 2024

University of the Disrict of Columbia

Lecture Hall A-Go Go: An icebreaker about icebreakers and the Power of Playful Pedagogy keynote for the University of the District of Columbia Spring Faculty Forum.

Dec 2023

Nonconformists Embrace Play as a Tool for Teaching and Learning

Inside Higher Ed takes a deep[ dive on Profesors at Play and the Playpsoium 2024

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Nov 2023

15 play experts' vision for a more playful future

Forbes, L. K. & Craven, C., (2023) “15 play experts’ vision for a more playful future”, The Journal of Play in Adulthood 5(2), 20-32. doi: https://doi.org/10.5920/jpa.1326

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Jan 2023

Play: An Unlikely Friend of Learning and Student Engagement

Yellowdig Learner Engagement Summit: 2023, presentation by Lisa Forbes & David Thomas

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Jan 2023

Professors at Play PlayBook

A compendium of playful techniques and insight from 70+ professors across a variety of disciplines.

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Dec 2022

Fun Equals Love on the Ludicast

Lisa and David join the Ludicast Podcast from the Ludic Pedagogy Lab to explain why being playful is important in higher education.

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July 2022

Playful Humans Podcast

Host Mike Montague digs in with Lisa & David to find out more about the play behind the professors.

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April 2022

That Was Fun! Online Edition

An eLearning Consortium of Colorado presentation on playful online techniques by Lisa Forbes & David Thomas.

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Older stuff

Dec 2021

Playful Higher Education: Voices, Activities and Co-creations from the PUP Community

Playful Voices of Academia, interview with Lisa Forbes

Oct 2021

Professors at Play in Higher Education. Podcast interview with “This Week” in Education.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MBIZFwKxB0&t=1s

August 2021

Think UDL podcast, episode 67 : Professors at Play with Lisa Forbes and David Thomas

May 2021

The Process of Play in Learning in Higher Education: A

Phenomenological Study by Lisa K. Forbes

In the Journal of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 15, No. 1 https://.doi.org/10.22329/jtl.v15i1.6515

www.jtl.uwindsor.ca

Higher education faculty strive to adopt pedagogical approaches that generate student engagement, motivation, and quality learning experiences. The literature on play has much to offer higher education. However, playful pedagogy remains an uncommon approach in education and is often represented in the literature as a practice utilized for a singular purpose and not as an underlying teaching philosophy. This phenomenological study examines the meaning of students’ experiences of play as a foundation to learning. The themes that emerge are: 1) play is underutilized and devalued in higher education, 2) play cultivates relational safety and a warm classroom environment, 3) play removes barriers to learning, 4) play awakens students’ positive affect and motivation, and 5) play ignites an open and engaged learning stance to enhance learning.

May 2021

Lecture Breakers Podcast