Co-creation resources

Evidence of benefits 

Co-creation leads to:  

Cook-Sather, A. (2020). Respecting voices: How the co-creation of teaching and learning can support academic staff, underrepresented students, and equitable practices. Higher Education, 79(5), 885–901 

Cook-Sather, A. (2022). Co-creating equitable teaching and learning: Structuring student voice into higher education. Harvard Education Press. 

Cook‐Sather, A., & Agu, P. (2013). 16: Student consultants of color and faculty members working together toward culturally sustaining pedagogy. To improve the academy, 32(1), 271-285. 

Nasri, N., Mohamad Nasri, N., & Abd Talib, M. A. (2023). Developing an inclusive curriculum: Understanding co-creation through cultural lens. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 27(9), 1072 1083. 

Tai, J. H. M., Dollinger, M., Ajjawi, R., de St, J., Jorre, T., Krattli, S., McCarthy, D., & Prezioso, D. (2023). Designing assessment for inclusion: An exploration of diverse students’ assessment experiences. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 48(3), 403–417. 

Enhanced engagement, meta-cognitive awareness and sense of identity, improved teaching and classroom experiences  

Cook-Sather, A., Bovill, C., & Felten, P. (2014). Engaging students as partners in learning and teaching: A guide for faculty. John Wiley & Sons. 

Bovill, C. (2020) Co-creating learning and teaching: towards relational pedagogy in higher education, Abingdon: Routledge. 

Chilvers, L., Fox, A., & Bennett, S. (2021). A student-staff partnership approach to course enhancement: Principles for enabling dialogue through repurposing subject-specific materials and metaphors. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 58(1), 14–24.  

Mercer-Mapstone, L., Dvorakova, S. L., Matthews, K. E., Abbot, S., Cheng, B., Felten, P., Knorr, K., Marquis, E., Shammas, R., & Swaim, K. (2017). A systematic literature review of students as partners in higher education. International Journal for Students as Partners, 1(1), 15–37. 

Bovill, C. (2014). An investigation of co-created curricula within higher education in the UK, Ireland and the USA. Innovations in education and teaching international, 51(1), 15–25.

Cates, R. M., Madigan, M. R., & Reitenauer, V. L. (2018). ’Locations of Possibility’: Critical perspectives on partnership. International Journal for Students as Partners, 2(1), 33–46. 

Deeley, S. J., & Bovill, C. (2017). Staff student partnership in assessment: enhancing assessment literacy through democratic practices. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(3), 463–477.

Lubicz-Nawrocka, T., & Bovill, C. (2021). Do students experience transformation through co-creating curriculum in higher education? Teaching in Higher Education, 28(7), 1744–1760.

Mercer-Mapstone, L., Dvorakova, S. L., Matthews, K. E., Abbot, S., Cheng, B., Felten, P., Knorr, K., Marquis, E., Shammas, R., & Swaim, K. (2017). A systematic literature review of students as partners in higher education. International Journal for Students as Partners, 1(1), 15–37.

Delpish, A., Holmes, A, Knight-McKenna, M., Mihans, R., Darby, A., King, K., & Felten, P. (2010). Equalizing voices: Student-faculty partnership in course design. In C. Werder & M. M. Otis. (Eds.), Engaging student voices in the study of teaching and learning (pp. 96–114). Sterling, VA: Stylus. 

Increased sense of feeling valued  

Deeley, S. J., & Bovill, C. (2017). Staff student partnership in assessment: enhancing assessment literacy through democratic practices. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(3), 463–477.

Bergmark, U., & Westman, S. (2016). Co-creating curriculum in higher education: Promoting democratic values and a multidimensional view on learning. International Journal for Academic Development, 21(1), 28–40.

Bron, J., & Veugelers, W. (2014). Why we need to involve our students in curriculum design: five arguments for student voice. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 16, 125-139.

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