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A6 Should we assess students - No, there are elements of learning that should just be there, everything should not be assessed, they will learn other skills through play that will help with life. Should we assess ourselves and ensure the the playful learning is working - Yes #SoTL rules #LTHEChat
January 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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A6 Hold an international gathering every four years, get students to compete and award trophies or medals. You could call it the World Olympiad Slam Series and publish the results in a league table. #lthechat
January 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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A6 #LTHEchat
- appropriately
- #ConstructiveAlignment
- short / medium / long term?
- best we can
- iterative design
- friends / mentors / buddies
- co-creation
- chocolate
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ALT: a ruler and a rock with speech bubbles saying you rule and you rock
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January 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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A6 All learners self-assess their contributions, and that in itself is a real advantage. #lthechat
January 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Q6 #LTHEchat We can use play to change how students experience assessment. Focusing on what we need students to evidence - skills, or knowledge, we can use playful approaches in that assessment. Always with an eye to inclusivity though.
January 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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A6: Debriefing, reflecting, creating an artefact and sharing it. It can be self-assessment, or you can apply it slowly in more authentic settings and see what caries over. #lthechat
January 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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I agree. A quote I keep coming back to is one by Simon Egenfeldt-Nielson a game is just an excuse for a conversation. As Jorge has said elsewhere here ... it's the bit that Carries over elsewhere we can assess. But not the play itself.
January 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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I've used biscuits with students to get them to explore critical thinking and the differences between decribing, analysngy, critquin and evauation a cookie. #LTHEchat
January 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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#LTHEchat developing some ideas to make academic skills development more fun/engaging at the moment
January 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Q6: Given the experiential nature of playful learning, how do you assess its outcomes - Should we?
January 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Q5: What challenges do you face in designing/resourcing playful learning experiences? #LTHEchat

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January 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Q4: What strategies have you found most effective for overcoming cultural or institutional resistance to playful learning? #LTHEchat
January 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Q3: What barriers do you perceive or have experienced to playful learning? #LTHEchat
January 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Q2: What benefits do you perceive or have observed in playful learning? #LTHEchat
January 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Q1: What does playful learning look like in your practice? #LTHEchat
January 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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A6 I think we should evaluate it, yes. That's a big part of doing #SoTL and being a reflective practitioner #LTGEChat
January 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A6 @profpeter1.bsky.social , yes absolutely this!! #LTHEchat
A6 #LTHEchat Think you can assess the outcomes of playful learning - what students have gained from the experience which they can apply to their context. Think trying to assess the process of play or games can be counter productive as it can distract students from engaging fully with their eperience
January 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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A6. Student feedback. Depends on topic really as some lend themselves to alignment to assessment. Playful can be used to breakup a ‘heavy’ challenging topic but not directly aligning to any assessment just about an experience. #LTHEchat
January 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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A6. Playful learning should be purposive and grounded in learning outcomes which should make it possible to assess how far these have been achieved through effective plenaries as well as student feedback eg clarity points and muddiest points #LTHEchat
January 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A6 Ah yes I find this tricky too, is it play is we assess it? #LTHEchat
A6: Torn between wanting to reduce historical over-assessment, and giving students credit for the skills they develop through the process. #LTHEchat
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January 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Also convincing others to try it even if you have proved it works. As you have said they often feel like you are trying to force a change and so dig their heels in.
January 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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A5 Nothing wrong with getting inspiration from somewhere else.
It's about finding something that works for you and your learners and the quest can be just as creative as the innovation. #LTHEchat
January 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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A5 - cost is a big one! I’m always wanting to expand my kits but it’s challenging with the increasing financial impact. #LTHEchat
January 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A5 #LTHEchat Oh I hear you!!
That is a brilliant formula and often the money comes from my own rather empty pocket! 😔
January 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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A4 #LTHEchat I do feel very lucky at @universityofleeds.bsky.social - we have a really engaged educational community, and the resources at HELIX are brilliant. digitaleducation.leeds.ac.uk/helix/
HELIX | Digital Education
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January 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM