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Keith Edmunds\u003Cbr>Assiniboine Community College, [edmundst@assiniboine.net](edmundst@assiniboine.net)\u003Cbr>Follow this and additional works at: [https://newprairiepress.org/edconsiderations](https://newprairiepress.org/edconsiderations)\u003Cbr> Part of the Educational Methods Commons, and the Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Commons\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License. |  |\n\nRecommended Citation  \nLauricella, Sharon and Edmunds, T. Keith (2022) \"Ludic Pedagogy: Taking a serious look at fun in the COVID-19 classroom and beyond,\" Educational Considerations: Vol. 48: No. 1. [https://doi.org/10.4148/](https://doi.org/10.4148/)[ ](https://doi.org/10.4148/)0146-9282.2324  \nThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by New Prairie Press. It has been accepted for inclusion in Educational Considerations by an authorized administrator of New Prairie Press. For more information, please [contact](contact cads@k-state.edu)[ cads@k-state.edu](contact cads@k-state.edu).  \nLudic Pedagogy: Taking a Serious Look at Fun in the  \nCOVID-19 Classroom and Beyond  \nSharon Lauricella and T. Keith Edmunds  \nAbstract  \nThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected deep reflection in higher education classrooms:  \nhow do we attract and retain students to (temporary but nevertheless increasing) online  \nlearning experiences, how do we keep them at our universities and colleges, and how do  \nwe give students a learning experience from which they will remember meaningful  \ninformation? In this paper, we introduce a new pedagogical framework that we call Ludic  \nPedagogy. We address the four elements of this model: fun, positivity, play, and  \nplayfulness. Each of the elements is described in turn, together with literature outlining  \nhow each contributes to a positive classroom environment that helps students engage with  \nand learn course content. Examples of how the authors have used this pedagogical model  \nare included and described. We suggest that instructors consider using the Ludic Pedagogy  \nmodel so as to improve engagement, learning outcomes, and retention in their classes and  \nbroader university/college contexts.  \nKeywords: pedagogy, student success, student engagement, student retention, fun, play,  \nplayfulness, positivity.  \nIntroduction  \nWhen Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler was at a Texas drug rehab centre in 2008, he phoned his  \nmanagers and asked them to “find me something fun to do when I get out of here.” For Tyler,  \nwhat he did after rehab had to be fun, because he needed something to look forward to  \n(Vedantam, 2020) . Shortly after Tyler got clean, he landed a role as a judge on American Idol, in  \nwhich he was dubbed an “unalloyed genius”(Carramanica, 2011) . Tyler’s objective of having  \nfun spoke not only to his rock star persona, but more so to his objective of giving his life  \nmeaning after drugs and enjoying new contributions to the entertainment industry. Tyler wanted  \nto make sure that his “work” was fun.  \nA similar sentiment was inherent in our struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although  \nuniversities continued to operate, we were far from “business as usual.” The COVID-19  \npandemic emptied classrooms in favour of hybrid or online courses, faculty delivered recorded  \nlessons with web-based assessments, and Thirsty Thursdays turned up dry. Our pandemic  \ninduced isolation is now akin to Tyler’s rehab: as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic,  \nhow can we give renewed energy to making the academic experience fun, and how can we find  \nrenewed joy in our work? And there is no time like the present – we don’t have to wait to be  \nreleas","cbCaisddOWwZdI6q","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisddOWwZdI6q","pdf",427809,16,"English","# Abstract\n# Keywords\n# Introduction","[{\"question\":\"How does the paper argue Ludic Pedagogy can affect student learning?\",\"answer\":\"It suggests the model can improve engagement, learning outcomes, and retention by creating a more positive classroom environment.\"}]","Ludic Pedagogy - Taking a Serious Look at Fun in the COVID-19 Classroom and Beyond | PDF",1792094005]