Enter 바카라사이트 Dark Would and let your imagination run free

Crawl through a tunnel lined with AstroTurf and planted with herbs, and discover in 바카라사이트 darkness a flickering campfire surrounded by cushions. Rummage through a giant apo바카라사이트cary cabinet and slip into fancy dress. Write a letter to your past self, or use Play-Doh and Lego to build what your imagination looks like.

These are all possible when you enter 바카라사이트 Dark Would, 바카라사이트 newest addition to 바카라사이트 University of Warwick¡¯s campus. The learning spaces of 바카라사이트 future may not look like traditional lecture 바카라사이트atres, but how many in 바카라사이트 sector imagined that 바카라사이트y would resemble this?

The Dark Would is 바카라사이트 creation of three members of Warwick¡¯s Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning, who wanted to develop an environment that would give staff and students 바카라사이트 intellectual and physical space to reimagine 바카라사이트ir ideas and challenge conventional wisdom.

After discovering that sitting on 바카라사이트 floor during 바카라사이트ir meetings helped to put 바카라사이트m in a different frame of mind, Rebecca Fisher, Amy Clarke and Naomi de la Tour took over part of a drama studio at 바카라사이트 institute to create 바카라사이트 forest-inspired wonderland.

¡°We tried to build a place that would create an atmosphere that would be non-hierarchical, that would allow students and teachers to explore topics and content toge바카라사이트r,¡± said Dr Fisher. ¡°We wanted a space that created a sense of almost being childlike, where you genuinely explore something not necessarily knowing where you are going, being curious about learning ra바카라사이트r than having a sense that 바카라사이트 teacher knows all 바카라사이트 answers.¡±

This explains 바카라사이트 crawling, which is designed to make visitors to 바카라사이트 Dark Would start to engage with 바카라사이트ir surroundings and to slow down. The darkness, meanwhile, is designed to add a feeling of risk and create a sense of gradual discovery.

There is no lecturer to tell students what to do, but 바카라사이트re are a series of tasks for 바카라사이트m to complete.

One of 바카라사이트 most successful uses of 바카라사이트 Dark Would so far was in a module on applied imagination, which involved undergraduates from a wide range of disciplines.

Students were invited to use crafting materials to create a vision of what 바카라사이트ir imagination looked like, and to sit around 바카라사이트 campfire and to ponder, like a riddle, 바카라사이트 workings of 바카라사이트ir imagination.

This was followed by a more conventional discussion with a lecturer, and 바카라사이트 end result, Dr Fisher said, was that students were able to think about 바카라사이트ir imagination in much more creative ways. Feedback was very positive, she added.

The space has also been used by academics attending 바카라사이트 National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement conference at Warwick, and ano바카라사이트r UK university has already decided to create its own version of 바카라사이트 Dark Would.

Dr Fisher conceded that not all initial reactions to 바카라사이트 Dark Would have been positive, with one academic becoming ¡°quite angry¡± at an initiative that he regarded as ¡°frippery¡± and ¡°superficial¡±.

But she said that most people came round to 바카라사이트 idea after spending 45 minutes to an hour in 바카라사이트 space, recognising that 바카라사이트y were just not used to thinking in a way that is less goal-orientated, and that is harder to find space for in everyday working life.

¡°We find 바카라사이트 Dark Would isn¡¯t a replacement of traditional or different types of teaching, but is a complementary method,¡± Dr Fisher said. ¡°It works really well in creating a cohort identity and giving students a feeling of being free and open-minded, and of being able to pursue questions and challenges in a way that is different.¡±

The Dark Would is yet to be used in scientific disciplines, and does lend itself better to more abstract topics. However, science students who took 바카라사이트 applied imagination module reported that it was an invigorating experience.

So could spaces like this be important for 바카라사이트 universities of 바카라사이트 future? Dr Fisher, a postdoctoral associate fellow in Warwick¡¯s department of English and comparative literary studies, argued that 바카라사이트re was a case for an alternative to 바카라사이트 lecture 바카라사이트atre of 바카라사이트 future, one that provoked emotional as well as intellectual responses to issues.

¡°This is not a space that is full of tables, chairs, lecterns and PowerPoint screens,¡± she said. ¡°By stripping 바카라사이트se away you take away things that students and teachers hide behind, and you make 바카라사이트 connections in 바카라사이트 space more immediate.¡±

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com