We are once again joined by the fab Sheila Webber, information literacy officiando, as we reminisce over the fabulousness of Supermarionation shows gone by, and ask ourselves – what is and makes a Learning Organisation? Is Spectrum a Learning Organisation? No?! Why not?! If you’re wondering why schools, universities and other institutional bastions are often… Continue reading Why is Spectrum not a Learning Organistion? (Ft. Captain Scarlet)

In this episode we’re joined by the fab Sheila Webber, where we find out what on earth phenomenography is (and how to say it, after a lot of practice) – and how it could remove the mad drama from hit reality show, ‘Say Yes To The Dress’. If you’re planning a wedding yourself then this… Continue reading Could phenomenography increase the happiness quotient in Say Yes To The Dress?

Moar minis! Gosh crikey but we got a lot of great stuff at Playful Learning 2022! In this mini, we’re joined by Scott Wilson Senior Data and Analytics Dev at JISC, discussing the phenomenal difficulty of Elden Ring, the joy of innuendo and Across this series, we’re looking at answering the questions:

Should we rename this podcast ‘the playful learning mini podcast’? Maybe. But in the meantime – here’s another slamming chat from playful learning 2022, this time with Assistant Professor at the Centre for Global Learning (GLEA) of Coventry University, Luca Morini! We chat gamification, eco terrorists with PTSD, and the jealousy that erupts around floppy… Continue reading Luca Morini, Final Fantasy 7 and floppy hats – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

It’s a cheeky double, where we speak with Head of School of Digital Education Liz Ellis, and Programme Manager at the Open University, Alice Gallagher! It’s ostensibly about the intersect between games and practice, but we also end up having a lovely chat about all sorts of games, and how knackered we all were three… Continue reading Liz Ellis, Alice Gallagher and terraforming foxes – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

In this slightly unusual one, Mike decides to ambush a passer by shortly after setting up his gear – and has a lovely chat with an attendee from a totally different conference: Revered Lindsay Southern! Lindsay is a teacher herself, and we talk Dobble, making connections – and how there’s a cool two player variant… Continue reading Reverend Lindsay Southern, Dobble and Connections –

Scratchy voiced hosts Mark and Mike are joined by Teacher Fellow at De Montfort University and Lego enthusiast Julia Reeve! We chat playfulness compared to play, mindfulness and flow. Listening back to this I realised Julia has a really relaxing voice, so make yourself a nice cup of tea, nab a biccy and give yourself… Continue reading Julia Reeve, Lego and Flow – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

It’s time for another smashing chat about games and edu-practice, this time with the fab Dr Pen Holland, York’s secret biology mathematician, discussing the brilliantly brutal game Catastrophic, and the brain toaster of Red-7. As with the whole series, we’re looking at answer the questions: Pen gives some slamming advice on how to design an… Continue reading Pen Holland and Catastrophically good game design – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

This is like an advent calendar of podcasts, but in November! Ho ho ho! Andy Walsh, editor for the Journal of Play in Adulthood and Rachelle O’Brien, Senior Learning Designer at DCAD, join us in another of our Playful Learning minis to talk about ‘We didn’t playtest this at all’ and Sonic the Hedgehog. Across… Continue reading Andy Walsh and Rachelle O’Brien on the fabulousness of playfulness – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

It’s another Playful Learning mini, this time joined by the fab Claire Timmins, senior teaching fellow at the University of Strathclyde – where we talk about mandibles, Minecraft, Articulate and Mike and Mark’s embarrassingly poor knowledge of the physiology of speech reproduction. As with the whole series, we’re looking at answer the questions: Also our… Continue reading Claire Timmins, Minecraft and articulate mandibles – PGZ@PL games and practice mini