Small worlds and short stories: play, pleasure and imagination deployed as a salve to isolated learning

Authors

  • Paul O'Kane UAL (Central Saint Martins)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi22.804

Keywords:

Short Stories, small worlds, Walter Benjamin, Covid-19

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Published

25-10-2021

How to Cite

O’Kane, P. (2021) “Small worlds and short stories: play, pleasure and imagination deployed as a salve to isolated learning”, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (22). doi: 10.47408/jldhe.vi22.804.

Issue

No. 22 (2021): Special Edition, Compendium of Innovative Practice: Learning Development in a Time of Disruption

Section

Innovations in teaching and course delivery

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