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.

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

Reverend Lindsay Southern, Dobble and Connections –

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Reverend Lindsay Southern, Dobble and Connections -
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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
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Julia Reeve, Lego and Flow – PGZ@PL games and practice mini
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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
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Pen Holland and Catastrophically good game design - PGZ@PL games and practice mini
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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
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Claire Timmins, Minecraft and articulate mandibles – PGZ@PL games and practice mini
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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
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Daisy Abbott, Galaxy Trucker and How to fail your research degree - PGZ@PL games and practice mini
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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