Colleagues,
Professor Sam Porter kindly agreed to be ‘murdered’ by his team, but in the best possible cause – creating an interactive ‘murder mystery’ for students, where they have to unveil his murderer through investigation of different research methods. The cast were filmed by FLIEs Ben Goldsmith and our own John Moran; and a series of video clips produced, which are accessed via a QR code.
The Plot is Set!
The students, in their groups, then explore the building looking for clues – including love letters, diaries, information from the ‘beating heart’ of the University (the library) and have to work out from the clues and conversations with Dr Ethnography (starring Orlanda!) and Dr Grounded Theory (starring Richard!) on the day. The two suspects engaged in conversation with the investigating teams ‘in role’. For our new cohort of RNDA students, we adapted slightly so there was a ‘Nursing’ flavour for one of the clues, and the library prompt was located next to the shelving for Nursing textbooks!
Student feedback was overwhelmingly positive, with one student saying:
“Last time at Uni I hated research and the tutor who taught it was not engaging and never answered our questions. I was really excited for today as loved that the tutors could be ‘silly’, that it was interactive as well. I am very competitive so games are great for me and I felt I took more in.”
Huge thanks to:
Our SWSP team, Lou Oliver, Orlanda Harvey, Richard Williams for sharing their creation, and working with us to deliver it.
To FLIEs Ben Goldsmith, with us on the day, and who will help us write it up as an NMC/OFSTED Case Study.
To Rowena Slope (Programme Leader) and Helena de Rezende (RNDA group personal tutor) supported the team all the way!
For further information and the resources, please talk to Lou Oliver in the first instance.
Clue in the Nurses Uniform
Love letters as part of the resource pack
The investigating team find suspect Richard and clues in the SUBU space
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