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This article explores educational media pedagogies that are predominantly non-digital, but nonetheless timely and influential. Design Thinking, Making, and Serious Play are three distinct yet interrelated approaches to problem-solving, resilience and innovation that have gained increased traction in education over the past decade. We explore the similarities and differences between these playful, experiental pedagogies and provide an overview of how these approaches can be integrated effectively into education settings. Finally, we provide transferable examples, including evaluation results, from a weeklong workshop series at Muenster University of Applied Sciences conducted in Spring 2022. The article serves as a theoretically informed practical guide for educators and practitioners seeking to select, implement and evaluate playful pedagogies. It contributes to the understanding of underlying principles, characteristics, potential impact and limitations.

Die Sehnsucht nach einem Ausbruch aus dem Alltagshandeln in der Hochschuldidaktik, nach einer tieferen Auseinandersetzung mit dem eigenen Selbstverständnis als Didaktikteam im Wandelwerk der FH Münster und nach einer gemeinsamen Bestandsaufnahme zum Stand des hochschulweiten Projekts Lernkultur führte zum Experiment Booksprint. Paradoxerweise konnten drei Tage am Stück zu diesem inhaltlichen Innehalten genutzt werden, um gleichzeitig unter hohem Zeitdruck ein fertiges Buch entstehen zu lassen. Studierendenzentrierung nimmt nicht nur in den Beiträgen breiten Raum ein, sondern manifestiert sich auch in der Mitwirkung von zwei Studentinnen mit spannenden Blickwinkeln. Dieses agile Arbeiten wurde durch die Förderung der Stiftung Innovation für die Hochschullehre möglich.

Learn anything, anytime, anywhere is the mantra for learning in the digital age. Digital learning opportunities are increasingly challenging traditional classroom learning – but what does this mean for the conceptual design and design-in-use of campus spaces as learning locations? Does space really not matter in learning? During a two-day design thinking workshop an interdisciplinary group of 17 students produced ideas for new learning spaces and mapped out their spatial learning journeys through campus offerings and daily routines. The article describes the workshop concept and resulting insights gleaned from interviews, customer journeys, and prototyping. It offers ideas and examples for creating inviting learning spaces and cultures that focus on co-presence both with and without digital tools.