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PDP in 3D with
Lego Serious Play
University of SurreySeptember 10 2014
Dr Alison JamesAssociate Dean
Learning & TeachingLCF
Finn Stone. Lego Stilettos
Our definitions
creativity
• The making of newness, including adoption of thinking processes or borrowing from one domain to enhance another
• Joy, flair, value• Not just wacky
imagination
• Conjuring possibilities
• Fanciful, not necessarily fantasist
• Other ways of being, seeing, doing and becoming
• Extending and fulfilling
Play(fulness)
• A childlike, not childish, mode of enquiry
• A means of exploring possibilities through simulation
• Re-energising and freeing
Model from James & Brookfield (2014)
learning preferences & LSP
“It feels like when I put my thoughts on paper and try to fit them into the structures and rules of academic writing, my own thoughts become alien to me and I no longer understand them or see the logic of them in the same way”
Line, Scandinavian student
SpiderLego baseHolder for mobileHairdryersTiddly-wink gameDennis the MenaceLego holdersCup holderA piece of jewelleryWeird crabInk blotBase to launch a rocketA garment worn by Janet Jackson
How LSP worksYou
• Identify a question or subject • Warm up your skills• Develop and use metaphor to structure your thoughts • Follow a four part process in which you question, build, share and
reflect• Use one or more of seven applications, which can be customised to
suit the question/topic• Build individual and joint models, from small single items to complex
and large scale systems• Add to, adjust or develop one area or action from model: ‘double
clicking’• Offer comments and observations on others’ models
Lego workshop structure
Modelling identity and PDP through metaphorical builds and discussion
• 1.5 hours skills building• First model of where they are now – skills, attributes, feelings,
experiences• Sharing and discussion of models, feedback• Developing one area or action from model: ‘double clicking’• Sharing and discussion• Gifting – creating for fellow student something that you believe to
be true about them and which is missing from their model• Evaluation in Pod using Brookfields’s CIQ
Things students found beneficial
• Using metaphor helped them think more creatively• Ways of listening and responding• Improved attention and concentration• Deepening of analysis of experience• Visualising actions and emotions• Planning next steps in 3D• Broadened English• Good for students with dyslexia/ADHD• international students felt more included• Relationship building
I have understood within my model that my weakness lay in my tendencies to do things safely, repeat what I’ve done before because I know I can do it, but it is not risky nor innovative, therefore that work cannot be excellent.
The Lego workshop was indeed very interesting. The activities helped me to “loosen up” my mind and somehow it felt like I was being less restricted when coming up with ideas and even words to describe my learning journey at the end of the workshop as compared to the start. By getting us to build anything out of random blocks to illustrate our learning journey, it felt like it really exercised and challenged my creativity”
I have understood within my model that my weakness lay in my tendencies to do things safely, repeat what I’ve done before because I know I can do it, but it is not risky nor innovative, therefore that work cannot be excellent.
The Lego workshop was indeed very interesting. The activities helped me to “loosen up” my mind and somehow it felt like I was being less restricted when coming up with ideas and even words to describe my learning journey at the end of the workshop as compared to the start. By getting us to build anything out of random blocks to illustrate our learning journey, it felt like it really exercised and challenged my creativity”
Where (else) is LSP being used?• to explore team identity • For student PPD• To think about student
engagement • To reflect on roles • To think about progress and
planning• In industry collaborations• To understand topics better• For academic support• To understand threshold concepts• For evaluation & course
monitoring
• To develop consensus and share ideas
• To build connections between people
• To explore sustainability • To share conceptions of how
we motivate learning• In doctoral study• For professional
development outside the university/abroad
• In a Community of Practice
Not sure if you remember me, I am from the Language Centre supporting students on the IPF course. I came to one of your Lego PPD workshops in Mare St. I just had to tell you that since then I have been following the same model with my two boys (aged 4 and 7) every morning before school.
“the tractor of authorship! I’m really starting to get this technique a whole lot better” Professor Stephen Brookfield
Shock
Denial
Confusion
Depression/Turning Point
Acceptance
Experimentation
Adjustment
Adaptation of Kubler-Ross Change Curve, as Lego experience
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