Cyprien Lomas on what Higher Education can learn from flickr

Cyrpien presents on flickr at Faculty Academy 2006

It’s all fascinating, but the playful aspect intrigues me most, at least this afternoon. Playful doesn’t mean frivolous, or trivial, or superficial–or at least, not necessarily. It can mean that quality of commitment and connectedness that takes us out of our habits and into new arenas of exploration and building. Cyprien’s talk underscores the need for educators and students to respond to opportunities for playfulness, and to create them.

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2 Responses to “Cyprien Lomas on what Higher Education can learn from flickr”  

  1. 1 Steve

    Yes. This is something I’ve been thinking about all semester. How can we make learning more like play than like work? How could we make our students as enthusiastic about our courses as kindergarten kids are? I hope to blog on this in the near future.

  2. 2 rachel

    Playfulness - another aspect of gaming that can be borrowed by education! And playfulness is so portable and low-tech :-)

    (see? there’s some right there)

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