{"id":6873,"date":"2023-02-02T14:58:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T14:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/?p=6873"},"modified":"2023-02-02T14:58:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T14:58:39","slug":"advancehe-symposium-2023-students-as-co-creators-the-emerging-role-of-students-as-co-creators-of-their-learning-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2023\/02\/02\/advancehe-symposium-2023-students-as-co-creators-the-emerging-role-of-students-as-co-creators-of-their-learning-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"AdvanceHE symposium 2023:<\/strong> Students as Co-creators: the emerging role of students as co-creators of their learning experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you interested in student co-creation but unsure of the benefits, how to get involved or where to start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If so, you might be interested in reading my review of the recent AdvanceHE symposium on Student Co-creation<\/a>, which includes highlights from the event, variations and benefits of student co-creation, scholarship and the student’s voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day was packed with insightful, exciting and innovative talks from international colleagues and students across the HE Sector. There was such an exciting buzz in the air all day and you couldn\u2019t help but admire the enthusiasm from students passionate about working with educators and developing agency in their own learning experiences.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keynote Speaker: Catherine Bovill, University of Edinburgh<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The day began with Catherine talking passionately about \u2018The transformational potential of co-creation from a classroom perspective both in person and online. She spoke of the many variations of student co-creation, highlighting some of her own research and scholarship along the way. Catherine shared a Co-creation of learning & teaching typology (Bovill 2019)<\/a> which identifies how you might initiate co-creation, within what context and whether those sorts of activities are staff-led, student-led or both – some included in the table below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interestingly, this research mainly focused on students co-creating when they are already part of a programme or module – with activities such as co-creating assessments, designing essay questions or working with students to co-design what might be taught in coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the research undertaken by Catherine, and other scholars she mentioned, there are clearly a lot of benefits of student co-creation for students and staff, some of which I\u2019ve noted below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n