Speaker: Mike Collins

Learning Designer at the Open University, podcasting lunatic and pizza enthusiast. Hit him up @pedagodzilla on the Twitters or 1v1 him in the MOBA or FPS of your choice.

What can Jurassic Park teach us about embedding sustainability in course design?
Episodes

What can Jurassic Park teach us about embedding sustainability in course design?

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
What can Jurassic Park teach us about embedding sustainability in course design?
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Hold onto your butts! In this episode Mike is joined by learning designers Paul Astles, Catriona Matthews, and Hayley Johns to answer the sustainably silly question: “What can Jurassic Park teach us about embedding sustainability in course design?” From Dr. Ian Malcolm’s chaos theory quotes to water ripples in the T-Rex scene, the team uses… Continue reading What can Jurassic Park teach us about embedding sustainability in course design?

Playful Learning past, present and submitting abstracts in the future
Playful Learning 2024

Playful Learning past, present and submitting abstracts in the future

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Playful Learning past, present and submitting abstracts in the future
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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

Episodes

GTA or Mario, which design philosophy makes for a better curriculum? (Ft. Luke Pearce)

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
GTA or Mario, which design philosophy makes for a better curriculum? (Ft. Luke Pearce)
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Fast cars or magic mushrooms would have been a better clickbait title for this. Damn our ethics. In this episode we’re joined by the fab Luke Pearce to talk about linear and nonlinear learning, and which might be best for your teaching needs. To do so we’ll be examining Grand Theft Auto, the much beloved… Continue reading GTA or Mario, which design philosophy makes for a better curriculum? (Ft. Luke Pearce)

LDS Linking at the Open University Library – East of Eden, and Travels with Charlie
LDS Link Event 2024

LDS Linking at the Open University Library – East of Eden, and Travels with Charlie

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Pedagodzilla on Tour
LDS Linking at the Open University Library - East of Eden, and Travels with Charlie
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Who likes on tour minis? WE LIKE ON TOUR MINIS. We set up our cosy little podcast booth at the Open University library for the LDS Link event – replete with a health and safety nightmare of tangled and trailing wires and trip hazards. Fabulous. In this episode Mike is joined by James Davies, fan… Continue reading LDS Linking at the Open University Library – East of Eden, and Travels with Charlie

LDS Linking at the Open University Library – The AI Panel, The Power of Geography, and Nightwatch
LDS Link Event 2024

LDS Linking at the Open University Library – The AI Panel, The Power of Geography, and Nightwatch

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Pedagodzilla on Tour
LDS Linking at the Open University Library - The AI Panel, The Power of Geography, and Nightwatch
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It’s another of our LDS Link event minis! We’re cosily ensconced in the larverly Open University Library, with members of one of the days highlights, the AI panel! Mike is joined by Mirjam Hauck, Aisling Third and Michel Wermelinger, where we chat AI in education, how it might not result in a dystopian techmare, and… Continue reading LDS Linking at the Open University Library – The AI Panel, The Power of Geography, and Nightwatch