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Play+Design=Learning from Innovative Learning Week 2016

Edinburgh College of Art   © Katie Forrester The idea !! After coming back from my field survey in Bangladesh, while working in the office in front of the laptop, looking at the spreadsheets for hours, days and weeks often I rode on a mental time machine. I recurrently went back to that time while I was working with children to build their dream school ground. At that moment, I received that email calling for proposals for Innovative Learning Week, 2016. While cherishing the memories, it came to my mind- Can I do something for the children in Scotland while I am here with support from ILW? © Steven Johnson When two light bulbs mingle... One day I shared my idea with Nik Farhanah (from Architecture) during lunch and shared my idea. Nik is also working with children, exploring children’s participation in designing their learning spaces in post war schools in Scotland. Nik right away agreed to work on the idea and we had our first formal meeting to fill the applicati