This is a series of chats Mark had on Day Two of the RIDL HE conference. He spoke to closing keynote speaker Mia Ridge, VR and digital forensics people Philip Anderson and Craig Clark, PhD candidate and escape room practitioner extraordinaire Rachelle Rawlinson, the real and fictional personae of Peter Bryant, Donna Lanclos and Lawrie… Continue reading RIDL HE Conference Day 2
Here is a compilation of the seven interviews with eight people Mark conducted with participants at the Research in Digital Learning Conference at Northumbria University today (3rd September 2025) https://hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk/ridlhe/ People chatting were Nashwa Ismail, Andrew Middleton, Jane Secker, Chris Morrison, Neil Dixon, Aisla Ingham, Alex Moseley and Susannah Quinsee
Matt Wood (Northumbria University) talks to Mike about fabulous formative failure, and the switch from academic to tech professional.
Ye gods the end is coming! Grab your go-bag, a cricket bat and join Mike, Mark and Dr Laura Mitchell as we break down how thinking about thinking can help you go to the bathroom safely as the world comes to an end. Because we’re role-playing a serious academic outfit, here’s some handy links related… Continue reading How does metacognition enable people to be the heroes in (dystopian) LARP?
It’s time for another conference-in-a-pod! A shrunk down flavour of the whole Remixplay 5: Secret Agents of Change conference, January 2023 – Coventry. It’s a conference for mega-educators who use playful practice to engage and build communities, and to then set that community loose on projects of monumental societal change. You’ll hear chunks of the… Continue reading Remixplay 5 2023: Conference-in-a-pod!
