It's been an extremely useful tool in team skills development courses
that I have attended and I would advocate for its use.
Best wishes
Libby
On 12/05/2016 12:59, Zoe Jones (DOS) wrote:
> Yes, I would also echo the sentiments expressed so far in favour of
> using Lego (or other means of building 3D models- sticklebricks work
> well too!) with students in Higher Education. I often use this method to
> help students to think about the structure or “shape” of a piece of
> writing, or to explain and clarify their line of reasoning or thinking
> about a topic they are tackling. Interestingly, in my experience the
> more complex the topic, the more successful the technique seems to be.
> In particular, postgraduate researchers seem to find it a useful way of
> unpacking their research topic or overcome obstacles in their thesis
> writing.
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Claire Jones
> *Sent:* 12 May 2016 12:52
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> *Subject:* Re: Lego in Teaching - 6th June 2016
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> hi everyone
>
> I too fundamentally disagree with the suggestion that this represents
> some kind of dumbing down of HE. We use lego to teach the balancing of
> performance objectives in operations mgt to my first years. They find it
> very engaging and it enables them to truly understand the application of
> theory, as well as leading to some fantastic discussions.
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> Claire Jones
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> On 12 May 2016 at 12:39, Alison James <[log in to unmask]
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> That’s a shame to hear Alistair – I have found it to be extremely
> effective, as I explain here
>
> https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/innovating-creative-arts-lego
>
> There are lots of people in our sector who are also having rewarding
> experiences, not just with LEGO but with other materials, to explore
> deep and complex issues in a way that is entirely appropriate for
> advanced level study. In a recent call for contributions for our
> collection on play in Higher Education Chrissi Nerantzi and I
> received nigh on 50 high quality offers which ranged from highly
> theorised papers and chapters from esteemed professors to vignettes
> of innovation from those new to teaching and learning support.
>
> Each to his own I guess.
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> All best
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> *Sent:* 12 May 2016 12:23
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> I’ve experienced a workshop which involved using Lego to build
> models of concepts and came away regarding it as another example of
> the infantilisation of higher education. Seriously. J
>
> Cheers
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> Alistair
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