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Playful Learning 2022 Day 3: Mike and Mark’s reflections, Sylvester Arnab’s keynote and the closing ceremony

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Playful Learning 2022 Day 3: Mike and Mark's reflections, Sylvester Arnab's keynote and the closing ceremony
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Recording something quick and scrappy while the conference wraps up around us! An edited version of this will appear in due course, but if you’d mad hungry for the flavour of the conference then here it be. Mildly processed to make it listenable, but uncut. All of this was recorded on a tiny wee Zoom… Continue reading Playful Learning 2022 Day 3: Mike and Mark’s reflections, Sylvester Arnab’s keynote and the closing ceremony

Are learning styles the boss level zombie of neuromyths?
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Are learning styles the boss level zombie of neuromyths?

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
Are learning styles the boss level zombie of neuromyths?
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This week we’re joined by Mary Jacob, as we chat about our quintessential pop culture zombos, using them to pick apart neuromyths – and in particular the biggy – Learning Styles! Before the wickerman gets erected, we’re not conflating these with learner preferences, or learning requirement/needs/delivery/accessibility reqs – we’re focusing on the VARK psychometric guff.… Continue reading Are learning styles the boss level zombie of neuromyths?

How can two and a half years of pedagogic podcasting help us examine an amnesiac hitman? (Ft. Funlosophy)
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How can two and a half years of pedagogic podcasting help us examine an amnesiac hitman? (Ft. Funlosophy)

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
How can two and a half years of pedagogic podcasting help us examine an amnesiac hitman? (Ft. Funlosophy)
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In this episode Mike and Mark pull out the pedagogic pocketknife they’ve been building up over the last 30-ish episodes, and put it to work examining a fun group philosophy learning activity, Funlosophy, presented by Dom Jordan. If you enjoy the episode and want to treat us to a heated caffeinated beverage, then head on… Continue reading How can two and a half years of pedagogic podcasting help us examine an amnesiac hitman? (Ft. Funlosophy)

Christmas Special! How do spooky muppets guide Scrooge through transformative Learning? (ft. experiential learning & rants)
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Christmas Special! How do spooky muppets guide Scrooge through transformative Learning? (ft. experiential learning & rants)

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
Christmas Special! How do spooky muppets guide Scrooge through transformative Learning? (ft. experiential learning & rants)
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Merry Christmas from Mike and Mark at Pedagodzilla! In this extra festive episode we explore Jack Mezirow’s transformative learning, through the lens of the greatest Christmas movie of all time (and by gum we’ll die on that hill) The Muppets Christmas Carol. Also Mike had to edit out around 20 minutes of ranting about the… Continue reading Christmas Special! How do spooky muppets guide Scrooge through transformative Learning? (ft. experiential learning & rants)

Why is a Mickey Mouse degree actually the best kind of degree you could experience? (Or, Pedagodzilla and the tale of The Thrice Edged Blade)
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Why is a Mickey Mouse degree actually the best kind of degree you could experience? (Or, Pedagodzilla and the tale of The Thrice Edged Blade)

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
Why is a Mickey Mouse degree actually the best kind of degree you could experience? (Or, Pedagodzilla and the tale of The Thrice Edged Blade)
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Join a band of starry eyed adventurers, Mike Collins (Learning Designer at the Open University, Bard), Chris Cox, (Learning Designer at Cranfield University, Paladin) and Mark Childs (Senior Learning Designer at Durham University, Rogue), as they battle through concepts and goblins, in search of the thrice edged blade! We explore narrative in narrative, narrative in… Continue reading Why is a Mickey Mouse degree actually the best kind of degree you could experience? (Or, Pedagodzilla and the tale of The Thrice Edged Blade)