Co-Enquiry and Innovation with creative methods

Lead: Ian Robson

Email: ian4.robson@northumbria.ac.uk 

Aims:

  • To advance and focus our interdisciplinary understanding of the concepts of ‘innovation’ and ‘creativity’ in the context of the NU education strategy. 
  • To support pedagogical research into innovation and creativity in the context of the NU education strategy and our Faculty / Departmental plans.  
  • To support a university-wide practice-learning environment for innovative and creative methods in teaching and learning at Northumbria.  

Objectives for development: 

  • To create a ‘first draft’ position paper on the concepts of innovation and creativity (or their equivalent). 
  • To co-design a (set?) of creative enquiry events with colleagues and students as sites of experimentation, debate and documentation about new ways to learn together.