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.

Liz Ellis, Alice Gallagher and terraforming foxes – PGZ@PL games and practice mini
Playful Learning 2022 Minis

Liz Ellis, Alice Gallagher and terraforming foxes – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Mike Collins
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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

Reverend Lindsay Southern, Dobble and Connections –
Playful Learning 2022 Minis

Reverend Lindsay Southern, Dobble and Connections –

Mike Collins
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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 –

Julia Reeve, Lego and Flow – PGZ@PL games and practice mini
Playful Learning 2022 Minis

Julia Reeve, Lego and Flow – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Mike Collins
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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

Pen Holland and Catastrophically good game design – PGZ@PL games and practice mini
Playful Learning 2022 Minis

Pen Holland and Catastrophically good game design – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Mike Collins
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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

Claire Timmins, Minecraft and articulate mandibles – PGZ@PL games and practice mini
Playful Learning 2022 Minis

Claire Timmins, Minecraft and articulate mandibles – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Mike Collins
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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

Daisy Abbott, Galaxy Trucker and How to fail your research degree – PGZ@PL games and practice mini
Playful Learning 2022 Minis

Daisy Abbott, Galaxy Trucker and How to fail your research degree – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Mike Collins
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In this games and practice mini, recorded at Playful Learning 2022, Mike is joined by Daisy Abbott – Researcher and research developer in (amongst other things) games based learning, and creator of the authentically cruel ‘How to fail your research degree’. We’ll be looking to answer the question: What games are the UK’s top education… Continue reading Daisy Abbott, Galaxy Trucker and How to fail your research degree – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Dr Laura Mitchell, Werewolf and LARP- PGZ@PL games and practice mini
Playful Learning 2022 Minis

Dr Laura Mitchell, Werewolf and LARP- PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Mike Collins
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It’s another playful learning mini, where we’re joined by Dr Laura Mitchell, lecturer in management at the University of York, answering the question: What games are the UK’s top education professionals passionate about? Do they see an intersect between what attracts them to those games, and how they approach their day to day practice? Laura… Continue reading Dr Laura Mitchell, Werewolf and LARP- PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Dave White and Return of the Obra Dinn – PGZ@PL games and practice mini
Playful Learning 2022 Minis

Dave White and Return of the Obra Dinn – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Mike Collins
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We’re joined by Dave White, head of Head of Digital Education and Academic Practice at University of Arts London, and President of ALT, answering the questions: What games are the UK’s top education professionals passionate about? Do they see an intersect between what attracts them to those games, and how they approach their day to… Continue reading Dave White and Return of the Obra Dinn – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Alex Moseley and Carcassonne – PGZ@PL games and practice mini
Playful Learning 2022 Minis

Alex Moseley and Carcassonne – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Mike Collins
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We’re joined by co-chair of Playful Learning and Head of Anglia Learning and Teaching at Anglia Ruskin University Alex Mosely in another is our series of conversations with the UK’s top education professionals, looking to answer two questions: What games are the UK’s top education professionals passionate about? Do they see an intersect between what… Continue reading Alex Moseley and Carcassonne – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Prof Nicola Whitton and Monkey Island – PGZ@PL games and practice mini
Playful Learning 2022 Minis

Prof Nicola Whitton and Monkey Island – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Mike Collins
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Cor Playful Learning 2022 was a while back wasn’t it? We’re on our third Prime Minister since then! While at the conference, we recorded a series of short conversations with other attendees (and one passer by) looking to answer two questions: What games are the UK’s top education professionals passionate about? Do they see an… Continue reading Prof Nicola Whitton and Monkey Island – PGZ@PL games and practice mini