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Playful Learning 2023 – Introducing fabulous formative failure with Professor Nic Whitton
Playful Learning 2023

Playful Learning 2023 – Introducing fabulous formative failure with Professor Nic Whitton

Mike Collins
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Pedagodzilla on Tour
Playful Learning 2023 - Introducing fabulous formative failure with Professor Nic Whitton
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It’s the first in our very, very late miniseries recorded at the Playful Learning 2023 conference! Nic Whitton (Northumbria University) talks to Mike about general principles of failure and playful learning – revving us up for our miniseries on Fabulous Formative Failures, and the Danish movement of Pissedårlig undervisning, or Piss Poor Teaching. This is… Continue reading Playful Learning 2023 – Introducing fabulous formative failure with Professor Nic Whitton

How can applying UDL principles make you a better dungeon master in D&D?
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How can applying UDL principles make you a better dungeon master in D&D?

Mike Collins
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How can applying UDL principles make you a better dungeon master in D&D?
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In this episode we’re joined by the fab Dr Elliott Spaeth to discuss UDL (universal design for learning), the least played game in the world D&D (Dungeons and Dragons), and how it’s possible to get halfway through an episode before you realise you’ve been asking the wrong questions all along. Also we actually remembered to… Continue reading How can applying UDL principles make you a better dungeon master in D&D?

white and brown cow nearby mountains How can (All) Creatures Great and Small boost employability through apprenticeships?
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How can (All) Creatures Great and Small boost employability through apprenticeships?

Mike Collins
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How can (All) Creatures Great and Small boost employability through apprenticeships?
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Ye gods, we recorded this episode a year ago, a year ago! That’s how far behind we are with our editing. Shameful. In this episode we discuss much loved snuggly sunday blanket TV show All Creatures Great and Small, based on James Herriot’s awesome books, and use it to understand Apprenticeships as a pedagogic model.… Continue reading How can (All) Creatures Great and Small boost employability through apprenticeships?

How does the Zone of Proximal Development make you a better parkour murderer in Assassin’s Creed?
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How does the Zone of Proximal Development make you a better parkour murderer in Assassin’s Creed?

Mike Collins
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How does the Zone of Proximal Development make you a better parkour murderer in Assassin's Creed?
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It’s been a while since we’ve done an old style Mike and Mark jobby – remember when these were all we did? We’re tackling ZPD! Everyone’s favourite flipping long way of saying graspable learning. And we’re bouncing it off beloved stabby franchise, Assassin’s Creed. We mention a few things in the episode by the way,… Continue reading How does the Zone of Proximal Development make you a better parkour murderer in Assassin’s Creed?

Playful Learning 2023

Playful Learning 2023 Day 3 Recap – Theme Tunes, Headliners and Reflections

Mike Collins
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Playful Learning 2023 Day 3 Recap - Theme Tunes, Headliners and Reflections
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It’s over, and it’s been an absolute belter of a conference. Join us for an explosive opener from write-the-theme-tune sing-the-theme-tune, join our our headliners for the day, and finally Mark Mike and Nic sit down to reflect on the conference, and start mulling plans for next year.