We’ve always got episodes bubbling away in the background, in various states of undress and preparation. Here’s what we’ve got at the moment. Transparent practice innit!
| Working title | Themes | Status | Contributors |
| Could phenomenography increase the happiness quotient in Say Yes To The Dress? | Phenomenography ! I’m looking forward to finding out what it is. And say yes to the dress, which I understand to be a show on the | 75% recording booked | Mike C, Mark C, Sheila W |
| Activity theory + ??? | Carlos has spent years looking at activity theory, Mark has spent years looking at social constructivism. Lets get the two in the same recording and see what happens. This one needs a good pop culture hook. | 25% planned | Mike C, Carlos M, Mark C |
| Pedagodzilla movie night | We need to get some movie talk out of our systems. Lets talk about highbrow movie stuff for a while. | 25% planned | Mike C, Mark C, Becky C, Others |
| The Truly Open Mic Night | These Open Mic nights are a laugh and a half, but what if they could be laughier, halfier and enjoy a wider spread of voices? Let’s kick off 2022 with an Open Mic night that anyone from Twitter can contribute towards. Same rules as always, a 1-3min performance of something to do with education, pedagogy, lived teaching experience. Poems, songs, monologues, rants, lightning talks, audio puppet shows, standup – whatever you fancy. | 0% planned but where we’re going we don’t need plans. | Mike C, Mark C and the internet |
| Learning outcomes | Mike recently worked with Tom Olney to produce a video on Learning Outcomes. It’s Tom’s special soapbox subject – and it would be great to go in to detail on them, as they’re such a fundamental part of design. Needs a good pop culture lens… | 25% planned | Mike C, Mark C, Tom O, Paul A |
| EDIA in education | Really need to do something on this topic sharpish. Would be good to have something ready to coincide with the OU summer EDI event. | 0% planned | Mike C + others |
| UDL | Something covering UDL, what it is – and the debate around it. Needs a good pop culture thing to hang it off! | 10% | Mike C, Mark C, Jen McP, Elliott S |
| Why is Spectrum not a learning organisation? | Captain Scarlet X Learning Organisations | 75% recording booked | Mike C, Mark C, Sheila W |
| LARP + Something | Met Laura Mitchell at Playful Learning and want to do something involving LARP! Needs a good pedagogic hook… | 1% | Mike C, Mark C, Laura M |
| Copyright Waffle | Following up conversations with Jane Secker and Chris Morrison from Copyright Waffle – need to pull a recording together! | 0% | Mike C, Mark C, Jane S, Chris M |
| The Playful Learning Games conversations | We recorded about a dozen conversations about games, and how they reflect on education practice. These are ready to edit and publish over the next few months as minis. | 75% | Many many peeps |
| The edu podcaster research interviews | We recorded some more of these both inside and outside Playful Learning. These are ready for a light edit and then publishing. They’ll ultimately lead to a paper, which is pretty neat. | 75% | Many peeps |
| Imposter syndrome | Recorded! Ready to edit. Should be out in Sept | 75% | Mike C, Mark C, Puiyin W |
| How can creatures great and small boost employability through apprenticeships? | All creatures great and small vs apprenticeships and the concept of employability in HE | 25%, planned, needs third bod and new date | Mike C, Olivia R, and third person X? |