Absolutely nobody has fun in higher education now. Never! I used to
set up codebreaking escape-room style puzzles. We went on field
trips. We cracked the WEP wifi. We played with drones and robots. We'd
get in crazy. leftfield guest lecturers. Today, a suffocating,
disabling, illiberal safety and surveillance culture puts a stop to
anything that even resembles "fun".
But "fun" (memorable experiences) is what creates memory engrams, so a
culture of misery is particularly damaging to teaching ad learning.
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Absolutely nobody has fun in higher education now. Never! I used to set up codebreaking escape-room style puzzles. We went on field trips. We cracked the WEP wifi. We played with drones and robots. We'd get in crazy. leftfield guest lecturers. Today, a suffocating, disabling, illiberal safety and surveillance culture puts a stop to anything that even resembles "fun".
But "fun" (memorable experiences) is what creates memory engrams, so a culture of misery is particularly damaging to teaching ad learning.