Where’s the fun in that? Building an authentic, inclusive, serious-yet-playful learning development framework

• Published in: Journal of learning development in higher education no. 32
• Main Authors: MacDonald, Alexander, Gibson-Green, Fiona, Fleeting, Caroline, Boyd, Vic
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE) 31.10.2024
• Subjects: authenticity in experiential learning; playful pedagogies; professional literacies; self efficacy
• ISSN: 1759-667X; 1759-667X
• DOI: 10.47408/jldhe.vi32.1449

At the University of the West of Scotland, one of the ways in which first year students engage in exploring academic, personal, and professional literacies is through an embedded and contextualised credit-bearing module that runs alongside subject specific study. The module offers students opportuni...