Think play is for nurseries, not universities? Think again | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Play is what young children do, right? It’s not what we want students at university to be wasting their time doing. Or is it?


Play isn’t a waste of time. It delivers the same benefits for adults in higher education as it does for children: an opportunity to develop and practise skills, to reflect on things they have seen but not yet understood, and to deepen their learning, often constructing and developing mental models socially with their peers.