The Pedagodzilla podcast on tour! Mike Collins and Mark Childs share their coverage, conversations and reflections from education conferences and events around the UK. Join us as we get the flavour of the doings, chat with the foremost folk in the sector, and have a good laugh while we do it.
And in the second of our coverage of Durham’s PGR Development conference Mark talked to Chidinma Okorie who is also a Senior Academic Development Manager in the Durham Centre for Academic Development. Her remit is implementing the PROSPER programme at Durham. OK Mark did say it’s the third one in the intro, they’re not being… Continue reading How to PROSPER at the PGR Conference
This year we’re not at Playful Learning – but Mark did make it to a conference organised by the other Whitton – Pete. Pete Whitton is a Senior Academic Development Manager in the Durham Centre for Academic Development where he leads the Researcher Development Programme. Each year the programme hosts the Durham University’s Post-Graduate Researcher… Continue reading Durham PGR Development Conference
In this episode of Pedagodzilla, we’re coming to you live (well, sort of) from the final day of the Playful Learning Conference 2024! We’re Mike Collins, senior learning designer at the Open University, joined by Lynn Pilkington, Alex Mosley, and Elliot Spaeth for a lively discussion about all things playful in learning and teaching. We… Continue reading Playful Learning past, present and submitting abstracts in the future
In this episode from the LDS Link event at the OU Library, we chat with STEM learning designer Paul Astles. Paul takes us through his love of Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, how the film adaptation measures up, and the dark, twisty lessons it offers about identity and perspective. And it doesn’t stop there—Paul brings… Continue reading LDS Linking at The Open University Library – You do not talk about Fight Club, but you do talk about Happy Feet
More from our miniseries at the LDS Link Event in October 2024. In this one, Mark takes up the reins as host while Mike scampers off to eat a very underwhelming sandwich. Mark’s joined by long time friend of the show, Natasha Huckle, who shares her thoughts on The Little Prince, compassion, and Yuval Noah… Continue reading LDS Linking at The Open University Library – The Little Prince and Nexus
