Research Informed Teaching

My project aims to improve students' meeting module learning outcomes through the quality of their submissions, particularly concerning illustration research methods.

​I initially explored the potential benefits of play in Higher Education, and gamification and later as my project developed looked at the benefits of working with students to co-create resources in the form of reference cards. The reference cards were intended to be used as a teaching resource in both group and individual tutorial settings to elicit discussion, encourage reflections, and communicate their understanding of illustration research methods they use in their work and evidence this appropriately within their submitted work.

'If educators understand how to apply gamification to a gamified pedagogy, students may become more engaged, motivated, and better learners.' (Han, 2015)