Welcome to the Playful Activity Library! We invite you to explore this curated collection of active, playful activities designed for use in adult education settings. This library supports our playful learning community by showcasing inspiring practices, sparking new ideas, and encouraging collaborative connections. We welcome all forms of playful approaches—whether it’s a quick icebreaker, a creative classroom activity, or a fully developed board game. Whatever your contribution, we’d love for you to share it with the community!
This slide deck (with instructions and further details in the notes) can be used to create a Taskmaster game to use with students and other audiences. It was created for a HE staff away day and contains embedded sound clips and links to an interactive scoreboard. Feel free to use and adapt this template with new tasks and welcome sharing of new tasks via this playful activity library or the PLA Discord community. Citation: Gillaspy, E & Spencer, G (2024). Taskmaster activity slides template. National Teaching Repository. Educational resource. https://doi.org/10.25416/NTR.26984332.v1
Please note this activity is inspired by the format of Taskmaster, created by Alex Horne. This adaptation is for educational use only and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Avalon or the creators of Taskmaster.
Emma Gillaspy
University of Lancashire
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Small (30 or less), Large (30 – 500)
Interaction, Risk and Reward, Physical Play
Creating, Collaborating, Sharing
Free to use and adapt