Hybrid Platforms and Creativity was the companion project to my Undergraduate Dissertation ‘the Hybrid Learning Framework and Creative Facilitation: What Platforms are emerging to facilitate creativity in a post-COVID hybrid learning environment for University Students?’.
Based around my research, the project consisted of conducting two different workshops, one online and one in-person, simulating a design process. Each task in the process centred around a different method of creativity and investigated how it was affected by which format the group participated in.
Hybrid Platforms and Creativity was the companion project to my Undergraduate Dissertation ‘the Hybrid Learning Framework and Creative Facilitation: What Platforms are emerging to facilitate creativity in a post-COVID hybrid learning environment for University Students?’.
Based around my research, the project consisted of conducting two different workshops, one online and one in-person, simulating a design process. Each task in the process centred around a different method of creativity and investigated how it was affected by which format the group participated in.
University Society Project
I built a society at my University from the ground up.
The idea was borne from the experience of being at university during COVID years when so many things were closed and the vast majority of the universities existing societies were not running and so there was no way to meet other people, always being told this is a big part of Uni it quickly became a lonely experience.
Therefore I had the idea to start a society of my own, something that I could run remotely and in person, a way to build community and also use as a way to practice the design skills I was being taught in my online classes.
So I roped in a couple of friends and we set about creating the Lancaster Cocktail Society.
At first, as a remote endeavour, I put a lot of time into designing graphics, creating a logo and creating a visual brand. And we started with our social media, delivering weekly cocktail recipes and introducing ourselves to other students, slowly growing our following and encouraging people to contact us with pictures of their own recipes and concoctions.
As lockdown rules lifted, our society grew, we hosted events, networked with local businesses, collaborated with other societies and hired an exec team. With this came designing physical media like posters and decorations for events.
Since graduation the society has been passed onto a new president and exec who are still running it today
