Blog
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New Space, New Challenge
Sometimes being challenged by using another space pushes teachers to be more creative and gets them out of their comfort zone. The space has a big impact not only on students but on teachers as well. I will share here my story of how changing the space led to creating a lesson that was fun,…
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Back to College: Using Space to Re-engage Students
Coming back to college after a 2-week break is not an easy matter, not on students and definitely not on tutors. My gloomy mood even started two days before the returning day. Not because I don’t like the job, on the contrary, I enjoy it, but adjusting from a resting mode, to a full-on work…
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Messy Hands, Creative Times: A Thursday Workshop Story
I usually keep Thursday afternoons for team-building activities and fun creative workshops. Thursdays tend to belong learning and teaching days for me and my students, by the end, they’re often tired and unable to focus. So this time, I designed a creative workshop to explore ideas for our next Furniture Design Project. It was engaging,…
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The Balloon Effect: An Embodied Approach to Brainstorming
It’s always quite interesting to see how excited students get about game time. Some even catch up with me at the entrance of the Mandela Building, asking questions and trying to sneak a peek into what’s planned—some even offering to help organise it. Students have now become used to modifying the learning space, which has…
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From Sandwiches to Teamwork: Embodied Learning in Action!
In my PhD research on Embodied Learning which I am doing at Newcastle University, I identified a number of interactions that, when activated, influence how embodied a learning task becomes. As part of the thesis I introduced a framework that breaks down Embodied Learning into constructs (main categories), each category consists of dimensions. One of…