A taste of the LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP) Method for Higher Education (HE) Building individual & shared models & stories

with Chrissi Nerantzi, certified LSP facilitator email: c.nerantzi@mmu.ac.uk Twitter: @chrissinerantzi

Intended learning outcomes

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to...

• explain the basics of the LSP Methodology

• Discuss advantages of using the LSP Methodology

• Identify opportunities to use the LSP method with their students/colleagues

What do we ask our students to do in HE?

LSP is real life stuff

• think

• reflect

• question

• explore

• discover

• construct

• share

• learn

Let’s experience it!

We trust our hands!

We trust the process!

We all build!

We all participate!

Remember!

LSP warm-up

Task 1: Build a tower

Task 2: Build a model following the instructions

Task 3: Modify your model to capture

the importance of learning for you. When sharing introduce yourself to

the group.

LSP Method steps

1. Ask a question

2. Build

3. Share

4. Reflect

LSP: My identity as a teacher

Task 1: Build a model of who you are as a teacher

Task 2: What is your main

strength? Mark on the model.

Task 3: Share with others.

The ideal teacher

Task 1: Build a model of your ideal teacher

Task 2: Identify 1 factor that matters most to you? (red brick)

Task 3: Create a shared model of the ideal

teacher of the group

Task 4: Reflect on the ideal teacher you created as a group

transformation of experiences

• from passive to active

• from the individual to the group

• from domination to pan-participation

• from construction to de-construction to re-construction

• from replication to uniqueness

theoretical underpinning

“learning by making” Constructionism

(Papert)

“In flow”

(Csikszentmihalyi)

“hard fun”

(Papert)

“new understanding through metaphors”

(Schön)

LSP

Why? To increase... • Insight

• Confidence

• Commitment

•Goal (A->B) •Complex process •Sharing for a purpose •Community feel, safe place

When?

Collective intelligence

• The builder owns the model

• Metaphors belong to the builder

• We talk about the model

Less bricks is more!

It is not about the bricks but what the bricks enable!

the role of the LSP facilitator

• Active listening • Use low entry-high ceiling questions to surface unconscious insight • Remind participants to focus on the model, also to touch the model! • Avoid making judgement • Avoid imposing interpretations • Role: coach, facilitator, consultant, tech-support

Share ideas how you could use it with your students/colleagues

learner relationships ground rules

teacher working in teams working practices

reflection Interview evaluation

values research method module/programme development

beliefs support requirements Induction activities

Reflect

• Are there opportunities to use LSP in your context?

• What is your desired outcome?

• What could you try?

• What are you going to try?

LSP applications

1. Building individual models and stories

2. Building shared models and stories

3. Creating a landscape

4. Making connections

5. Building a system

6. Playing emergence and decision

7. Extracting simple guiding principles

A taste of the LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP) Method for Higher Education (HE) Building individual & shared models & stories

with Chrissi Nerantzi, certified LSP facilitator email: c.nerantzi@mmu.ac.uk Twitter: @chrissinerantzi