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.

Harry Potter and the Learning Design Proposal
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Harry Potter and the Learning Design Proposal

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
Harry Potter and the Learning Design Proposal
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This episode, join us as Learning Design professionals from four of the UK’s most prestigious universities come together to help Hogwarts, the magical school for witchcraft and wizardy, pivot from magical to non magical teaching. Why you may ask? Because of a terrible disease that’s ravaged the wizarding world and disrupted everyone’s lives! Any similarities… Continue reading Harry Potter and the Learning Design Proposal

How did the Apollo 13 crew use constructionism to return safely to Earth?
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How did the Apollo 13 crew use constructionism to return safely to Earth?

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
How did the Apollo 13 crew use constructionism to return safely to Earth?
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This episode, join Mark, Beccy and Mike as we engage in waaaaay too much Apollo 13 and space race geekery before finally getting on to the subject of constructionism, what it is, and why Mike seems to get in confused with all other words beginning with the letter ‘C’. Could we have edited out the… Continue reading How did the Apollo 13 crew use constructionism to return safely to Earth?

margarita glass on table ‘Come Dunning with me, Kruger!’ Whether teaching or dining – how do you know if what you are serving up is actually any good?
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‘Come Dunning with me, Kruger!’ Whether teaching or dining – how do you know if what you are serving up is actually any good?

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
'Come Dunning with me, Kruger!' Whether teaching or dining - how do you know if what you are serving up is actually any good?
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How’s that for an unwieldy episode title? Join Mike, Mark and Paul as they gradually lose the plot, smashing everyone’s favourite bit of cognitive bias, the Dunning Kruger Effect, in to everyone’s favourite bit of Schadenfreude voyeurism TV, Come Dine With Me. We close out this episode with a song from Plantfoot, and their fabulously… Continue reading ‘Come Dunning with me, Kruger!’ Whether teaching or dining – how do you know if what you are serving up is actually any good?

‘How do the Losers Club avoid being eaten by shapeshifting monsters from beyond the void? ‘IT’s’ social constructivism!’ (Ft. activity theory)
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‘How do the Losers Club avoid being eaten by shapeshifting monsters from beyond the void? ‘IT’s’ social constructivism!’ (Ft. activity theory)

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
‘How do the Losers Club avoid being eaten by shapeshifting monsters from beyond the void? 'IT’s' social constructivism!' (Ft. activity theory)
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Oh boy do these episode titles keep getting longer and weirder or is it just me? Also this is the March episode…despite the release date of April…sorry about that! Mad month. Again…(thousand yard stare, sees helicopters and explosions) This week Join Becky, Mark and Mike as they try and figure out how those darn kids… Continue reading ‘How do the Losers Club avoid being eaten by shapeshifting monsters from beyond the void? ‘IT’s’ social constructivism!’ (Ft. activity theory)

The Pedagodzilla Pedagogic Poetry Slam
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The Pedagodzilla Pedagogic Poetry Slam

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
The Pedagodzilla Pedagogic Poetry Slam
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Boy oh boy do we have a treat for you. Join Mike, Mark, Clare, Dot, Olivia, Mark number 2 and Chris in a multi university Pedagogic Poetry Slam mashup. Beat Poet Mark Childs gives lectures the gentle treatment. Piratical buccaneer Clare Hill shanties our ship about the benefits of ICEBERGs. Ghost of a Victorian music… Continue reading The Pedagodzilla Pedagogic Poetry Slam

How can you make constructivism amount to more than a hill of beans?
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How can you make constructivism amount to more than a hill of beans?

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
How can you make constructivism amount to more than a hill of beans?
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Welcome to the *cough* January Episode! Absolutely not published late. It’s pretty topical, but topical if you remember January 2021 – and that might as well have been last century at this point. In this episode we’ll be looking at the Beandad twitterstorm in a teacup, and using it to think about constructivism, our own… Continue reading How can you make constructivism amount to more than a hill of beans?

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)

How litigious is Alan Bennett when it comes to pedagogic monologues?
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How litigious is Alan Bennett when it comes to pedagogic monologues?

Mike Collins
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How litigious is Alan Bennett when it comes to pedagogic monologues?
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In yet another weird and wonderful special, Mark Childs, Mark Williams and Mike Collins each present a silly pedagogic monologue in the style of everyone’s favourite northern playwright. Hopefully he won’t take us to court over our dreadful impersonations. We’ll use these carefully crafted dramatic masterpieces to discuss: Vampiric Learning Styles. Magical journeys through virtual… Continue reading How litigious is Alan Bennett when it comes to pedagogic monologues?

How does Julie Andrews escape Nazis with Active Learning?
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How does Julie Andrews escape Nazis with Active Learning?

Mike Collins
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How does Julie Andrews escape Nazis with Active Learning?
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The hills are aliiiiive with the sooooound of lectuuuuures. And that’s why Active Learning is so gosh darned important. In this episode we’ll be answering the bloody stupid question, ‘How does Julie Andrews escape nazis with active learning?’. To do so we’ll look back to the veil of time to the pre-on demand media era,… Continue reading How does Julie Andrews escape Nazis with Active Learning?

A photograph of much beloved Jar Jar Binks Mailbox Magic – How do Ontology and Epistomology help you kill JarJar Binks with headcannons?
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Mailbox Magic – How do Ontology and Epistomology help you kill JarJar Binks with headcannons?

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla
Pedagodzilla
Mailbox Magic - How do Ontology and Epistomology help you kill JarJar Binks with headcannons?
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This is a special mailbox episode, at the request of Scott R. Cowan who asked us to demystify Ontology, Epistomology, Positivism and Interpretivism. Not only will we lift the veil on the terms and show you how they fit together, but we’ll also give you the mental equipment you need to erase poorly written CG… Continue reading Mailbox Magic – How do Ontology and Epistomology help you kill JarJar Binks with headcannons?