1. Creativity
    1. to do
      1. more knowledge
        1. more connections
      2. other teachers
        1. talk to them
      3. collect ideas
      4. share learning
      5. practice creatvity
        1. brain training
        2. Look at everything you do with a critical eye and consider how your lessons could be made more motivating, productive and interesting for your learners.
      6. experiment
    2. tips
      1. "Something unique" means something personal and relevant to the student
      2. define problem
        1. rephrase
        2. angles
        3. myths
        4. time give
          1. it takes time
        5. be human
        6. assess creatviely
        7. ownership
    3. CREA-Activity
      1. challenging prompts
        1. List assumptions associated with a task or problem,
          1. solutions
          2. when t or f
          3. untill new ideas emerge
      2. Brain-sketching
        1. To solve a specific problem, students make sketches and then pass evolving sketches to their neighbors
      3. Brainstorming
        1. asked to develop ideas or thoughts that may seem crazy or shocking at first.
      4. mindmapping
        1. concepts (roughly 20-25) that apply to the area of knowledge.
      5. Exaggeration
        1. two forms of magnify (or “stretch”) and minimize (or “compress”), part of the SCAMPER heuristic.
          1. Substitute: What can you substitute?
          2. Combine: What can you combine or bring together somehow?
          3. Adapt: What can you adapt for use as a solution?
          4. Modify/minify/magnify: Can you change the item in some way? What can you remove? What can you add?
          5. Put to other uses: How can you put the thing to different or other uses?
          6. Eliminate: What can you eliminate?
          7. Rearrange: What can be rearranged in some way?
      6. Fishbone
      7. Kipling Questions
        1. Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How? when problem-solving or decision-making.
      8. Laddering
        1. “why method” involves toggling between two abstractions to create ideas.
          1. ow: Beginning with an existing idea, “ladder up” by asking, of what wider category is this an example? “Ladder down” by finding more examples. Then “ladder up” again by seeking an even wider category (big picture) from the new examples obtained from step 2. Generally, “laddering up” toward the general allows expansion into new areas while “laddering down” focuses on specific aspects of these areas. Why questions are ladders up; so-what questions are ladders down.
      9. Negative (or Reverse) Brainstorming
        1. After clearly defining a problem or challenge, ask “How could I cause this problem?” or “How could I make things worse?” As with brainstorming, allow ideas to flow freely without rejecting any. Evaluating these negative ideas can lead to possible positive solutions.
      10. Role-playing
        1. takes the role of a person affected by an issue and studies an issue or events from the perspective of that person.
      11. Post-up
        1. Post-up can gather ideas from large groups, numbering from the dozens to the hundreds
      12. Storyboarding
        1. Use a cork board or similar surface to pin up index cards or use Post-it notes on a whiteboard.
      13. Reversal
        1. a given situation and turns it around, inside out, backwards, or upside down.
          1. dark to light
          2. look for removing dark not adding light
    4. Design Thinking
      1. Subtopic 1
  2. Intro
    1. design course
      1. The topic list for the week is:
      2. Introducing yourselves
        1. Introduce yourself and say hello!
          1. o let's get to know each other.
          2. Introduce yourself and say hello to other participants
          3. Tell us where you are located
          4. > Padlet Map: Where are we all based?
          5. You might tell us what kind of teaching you do
          6. Moodle
          7. https://www.slideshare.net/moodlefan/what-is-moodle-explained-with-lego-presentation
          8. Simple and free
          9. Screencastomatic
          10. Apowersoft
          11. https://d3c33hcgiwev3.cloudfront.net/707Nh4tbQWiOzYeLW-FoHw_da6d50aa90984d81bb0a3ccace3188e1_How-to-Record-Your-Screen-and-Create-Engaging-Screencasts.pdf?Expires=1677456000&Signature=KcFchNKBNSrPCyv0TowyrzNsMFQ~ej1-H2wa4xMjAc8Lny9IXqUyverOUaYjqemUsSgs28qozoZBwg5SMPuvRb5up73Ae8yb32wymqDPBCMX0T14tniIzbB~KBGnE7uI2jAaXoYtaf66yAxtj7Om4DsMIij88eONMAFaxkvR~O4_&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLTNE6QMUY6HBC5A
          12. Canvas
          13. Blackboard
          14. Brightspace
          15. You might tell us what you hope to get from this course
      3. Course design and the conversational framework (pedagogical foundation)
      4. Setting up your test course
      5. Adding images to your course
      6. Using Twitter feeds
      7. Adding videos to your course
      8. Creating a screenshot
      9. Using audio files
      10. Sharing on sites like Padlet
        1. Using media for teaching and learning
          1. Discuss the ways in which multimedia can enhance the learning experience in online and blended learning.
          2. Which media tools that you've tried this week do you plan to explore further for teaching?
          3. If there were any tools you didn't like or couldn't see how to use effectively, tell us which ones and why.
          4. Have you previously used multimedia in your teaching? How did that go?
          5. Please share ideas, tips and suggestions about using multimedia for learning: dos and don'ts, lesson plans, assignments.
          6. Please comment about the group discussion videos: what interesting points were made? Was there anything you disagree with? Why?
  3. to do
    1. use padlet
    2. student collab
      1. build. a forum
    3. wiki
      1. PBWorks
      2. MediaWiki
      3. DokuWiki
      4. Zoho
      5. wiki activities
        1. Historical Figures
          1. Instead of just another boring academic paper on an historical figure, make research and documentation fun by creating wiki fan pages. Students can add and edit text, post photos and famous quotes, as well as links to the references they used.
        2. Student as Editor
          1. Turn grammar into a challenging and competitive game. Have students use wiki to edit text with grammatical errors. Teachers can put students into groups and those with the most edits wins. Individual edits can also be counted.
        3. Join the Debate Team
          1. Using a written set of guidelines, teachers post topics that students can argue by using wiki online forums. Teachers will monitor the discussions/debates while students learn online debate etiquette.
        4. Create a Collaborative Story
          1. Start with one sentence pulled from a hat, “The girl looked beyond the dusty field and saw a team of horses approaching, their riders hands tied behind their backs.” From here, students add and edit text to create a story. Set a minimum amount of words each student must submit. Chances are, you’ll actually have to set a maximum amount of words.
        5. Poetry Class
          1. For English class, the teacher can post a poem online and have the students discuss its meaning. Students can also post their own poems for peer review.
        6. Book and Film Reviews
          1. Students can use wiki to write assigned book and film reviews. Other students can add to as well as comment and discuss the reviews on a monitored forum.
        7. Word Problems
          1. For math class, teachers can post word problems on wiki. Students work individually or in groups to solve the problems.
        8. Wiki Worlds
          1. For history and social studies, students can create pages for historical events such as famous battles or specific periods in history, creating entire worlds based on historical facts.
        9. Geography
          1. Wiki pages can be used to study geography by giving states or countries their own wiki page. Have students include useful and unique information about each geographical area.
        10. Fact Checking
          1. The reason why wikis is often blacklisted as a reputable source is because not everyone who contributes to a wiki page is an expert. Keep your students on their toes by assigning them to fact check each other’s work.
        11. Riddles
          1. Encourage teamwork by posting riddles and having groups of students solve them through online collaboration. The students will use a forum to discuss what the possible answer is.
        12. Group Assessments and Tests
          1. As an alternative way to administer assessments, consider using wiki group assessments. Students work together, helping one another to achieve success.
    4. collab community
      1. Create a collaborative activity
    5. quiz
      1. Mentimeter - Interactive polling, quizzing and presenting for classrooms, workshops and meetings.
      2. Socrative - an application which enables teaching staff to immediately connect with their students whilst learning is taking place. You can run quick assessments with pre-prepared material or 'on-the-fly' questions and receive instant understanding of your students' knowledge.
      3. Kahoot - an interactive quiz generator. More details are available in this guide:
    6. twitter polls
    7. digital pbadges
      1. expert
      2. beginner
  4. Floating Topic
  5. Floating Topic
    1. https://www.d2l.com/en-eu/resources/assets/gamification-guide/
  6. https://d3c33hcgiwev3.cloudfront.net/2pGdbdCDEembrwoAFLaohg_17d83d46176b4809a25bafddce069b46_Virtual-learning-environments-VLE-_-Jisc.pdf?Expires=1677456000&Signature=SY~dtoIhEzRKM38XO2qH7TZOffEqwDRH068qESdi7SS8kxzZEElRO-ImGVtfJ3TjPeDt~4tWSEbbbqKrnPlNGnS2XKsVe8ocCh2DG9dIaAriLy-2Bhbr38ZvgABjt4lhGlE4cWcnpo5fJmsKE5jUUCDkqPxRvIangCaPU8OPg2E_&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLTNE6QMUY6HBC5A
  7. alternative to padlet
    1. Bloomsbury Learning Exchange | info@ble.ac.uk | ble.ac.uk
    2. COLLABORATIVE WORKING TOOLS
    3. ALTERNATIVES TO PADLET
    4. Padlet has been a well-loved collaborative tool, but recently there have been concerns about
    5. how accessible the tool is. Universities have started exploring and making use of alternative
    6. online apps or programmes for collaborative working. These fall into five main categories:
    7. • mind mapping
    8. • content curation to stimulate discussion/collaboration
    9. • whiteboarding
    10. • sticky notes
    11. • conversation
    12. We introduce many of these tools below, with brief notes and recommendations.
    13. Tools for mind mapping
    14. Miro (miro.com)
    15. Online mind mapping tool. Free sign-up (for up to 3 boards). Miro is intuitive to use, but
    16. there are concerns about accessibility, and when there are a lot of entries or users, you
    17. cannot see much on the screen. Very expensive for the registered option.
    18. • Miro YouTube video
    19. Ayoa (ayoa.com)
    20. Online mind mapping/brainstorming (and task completion) tool to support collaboration. It is
    21. quite versatile, containing a mind map tool, calendar, whiteboard, canvas, chat and workflow
    22. and planner. Ayoa is limited to a free seven-day trial, then requires registration and a
    23. premium payment.
    24. • Ayoa YouTube video
    25. Tools for content curation to stimulate discussion and
    26. collaboration
    27. Wakelet (wakelet.com)
    28. Wakelet is a content curation tool that can be used to gather text, videos, links and images
    29. into one ‘collection (place). It supports collaborative working however, with invitations to
    30. collaborate by a hyperlink, or an e-mail address. It is simple to use and visually engaging.
    31. Students can vote and comment on the Wakelet without an e-mail address. Collections can
    32. be private, public or unlisted. It is free to use: education account available for additional
    33. features at no cost.
    34. • Sample Wakelet created for GetInMOOC
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    37. Tools for whiteboarding
    38. Lino (en.linoit.com)
    39. Lino is quite similar to Padlet. It offers an interface to create digital walls or corkboards,
    40. supporting text, images, videos or documents. Free to register and use with unlimited
    41. ‘canvases’.
    42. Collaboration is supported through the creation of ‘private groups’ to which members are
    43. invited by e-mail. Apps available for tablets and smartphones.
    44. No sign-up required for students to use – share a link. There is a possibility if boards are
    45. public that anybody could add to them anonymously.
    46. Mural (mural.co)
    47. Free sign up available for up to three mural boards and unlimited members, with premium
    48. pricing after that. Similar to Padlet, Mural enables participants to add text, images etc. to a
    49. collaborative board. Participants do not have to register to use the boards that are accessed
    50. using a one-click hyperlink.
    51. • Mural YouTube video
    52. • Sample board for GetInMOOC (must sign up to access)
    53. Example 1: GetInMOOC Mural Board
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    55. Bloomsbury Learning Exchange | info@ble.ac.uk | ble.ac.uk
    56. Creately (creately.com)
    57. An online tool for developing an education resource/course, or mind mapping and task
    58. management. Free sign-up for up to 3 workspaces and 1 folder. The system supports
    59. collaborative working through mind mapping, workflow and sticky notes. It includes a video
    60. chat facility. Premium pricing available.
    61. Lucidchart (lucidchart.com)
    62. A web-based tool to enable collaboration on a canvas that supports the drawing, revising
    63. and sharing of charts and diagrams, with the aim of improving on processes, systems, and
    64. organisational structures. There are 3 editable boards included on the free account., with
    65. the option of premium pricing plans.
    66. WBO (wbo.ophir.dev)
    67. A free and open source online whiteboard where multiple users can work together. There is a
    68. public board that anyone can contribute to and get used to using WBO with and the facility to
    69. create private boards. Invite collaborators by sharing the link to your private board. No sign-up
    70. is required.
    71. Tools for sticky notes
    72. Dotstorming (dotstorming.com)
    73. This is an online space to create and share sticky notes, then vote for the favourite. The
    74. system is free to use for up to three topic boards, then incurs a small monthly charge.
    75. Collaborators do not have to have e-mail addressed in order to vote on notes.
    76. Easy to use and effective way for a quick poll. Cards are limited to text. Chat box available
    77. for interaction on the board.
    78. Lucidspark (lucidspark.com)
    79. A web-based tool to enable collaboration through the use of sticky notes
    80. on a canvas that supports the drawing, revising and sharing of charts and diagrams, with the
    81. aim of improving on processes, systems, and organisational structures. There are 3 editable
    82. boards included on the free account., with the option of premium pricing plans.
    83. Scrumblr (scrumblr.ca)
    84. This is an online sticky note service. You can create personal or shared boards, but it isn’t
    85. very intuitive. I couldn’t see how to create a shared board. No sign up required. Easy to
    86. create a board but how do you find it again? Insecure site.
    87. • Sample test board
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    90. Pinside (pinsi.de)
    91. Pinside offers personal and shared spaces for creating online sticky notes. Shared Pinside
    92. boards are designed for creating to-do lists. Does support images as well as text. Requires
    93. sign-up.
    94. Tools for conversation
    95. Flipgrid (flipgrid.com)
    96. Free space for video conversations. Requires sign-up. Collaborators are invited via a
    97. hyperlink. Works by participants creating short videos as conversations. Probably has limited
    98. application but may work well for small groups and focused conversations within a course.
    99. * * *
    100. There you have a roundup of alternatives to Padlet. However, if you still want to use Padlet,
    101. here’s a useful video:
    102. • Padlet YouTube video
    103. Reem T. Atawia, B.Pharm, PhD
    104. Tanya Andrewes, RGN. Lecturer (Academic) Adult Nursing, Bournemouth University
    105. GetInMOOC Mentors
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  9. Creatively defining a problem broadens both understanding and creative potential.
  10. Criticism dampens creativity in the initial stages
  11. If we want to change education and
  12. learning to make it more relevant, more effective and more enjoyable
  13. for all involved, teachers need to be the entrepreneurial designers and
  14. redesigners of the “systems” of schools and of the schools themselves.