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Pedagodzilla on TourPGR Keynote: Creative Facilitation with Mary RobsonIn the last of our five episodes (but first to be recorded) Mark talks to Mary Robson, who is the Senior Creative Facilitator in the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University and this year’s keynote speaker. Mark and Mary chat about her role and about how creative facilitation can help researchers gather better data… Continue reading PGR Keynote: Creative Facilitation with Mary Robson2025-07-1500 minPedagodzilla on TourPost-Graduate Research on student literaciesIn this episode Mark chats with a Post-Graduate Research student – Katherine. Katherine is investigating students’ literacy and how this relates to different factors. It’s a fascinating topic and also is an insight into the experience of being a Post-Graduate Researcher at Durham. Transcript on the link below2025-07-0800 min
Pedagodzilla on TourCrafting and zining for PGRSIn the third of our podcasts from the PGR conference at Durham, the multi-talented Sarah Dodds, Digital Learning Advisor at the Durham Centre for Academic Development, talks to Mark about her crafting workshops and how she uses quilt-making and other techniques for data physicalisation and how embodying data can personalise and add emotional meaning to… Continue reading Crafting and zining for PGRS2025-07-0712 min
Pedagodzilla on TourHow to PROSPER at the PGR ConferenceAnd in the second of our coverage of Durham’s PGR Development conference Mark talked to Chidinma Okorie who is also a Senior Academic Development Manager in the Durham Centre for Academic Development. Her remit is implementing the PROSPER programme at Durham. OK Mark did say it’s the third one in the intro, they’re not being… Continue reading How to PROSPER at the PGR Conference2025-07-0311 min
Pedagodzilla on TourDurham PGR Development ConferenceThis year we’re not at Playful Learning – but Mark did make it to a conference organised by the other Whitton – Pete. Pete Whitton is a Senior Academic Development Manager in the Durham Centre for Academic Development where he leads the Researcher Development Programme. Each year the programme hosts the Durham University’s Post-Graduate Researcher… Continue reading Durham PGR Development Conference2025-07-0313 min
Pedagodzilla on TourPlayful Learning past, present and submitting abstracts in the futureIn this episode of Pedagodzilla, we’re coming to you live (well, sort of) from the final day of the Playful Learning Conference 2024! We’re Mike Collins, senior learning designer at the Open University, joined by Lynn Pilkington, Alex Mosley, and Elliot Spaeth for a lively discussion about all things playful in learning and teaching. We… Continue reading Playful Learning past, present and submitting abstracts in the future2025-01-1539 min
Pedagodzilla on TourLDS Linking at The Open University Library – You do not talk about Fight Club, but you do talk about Happy FeetIn this episode from the LDS Link event at the OU Library, we chat with STEM learning designer Paul Astles. Paul takes us through his love of Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, how the film adaptation measures up, and the dark, twisty lessons it offers about identity and perspective. And it doesn’t stop there—Paul brings… Continue reading LDS Linking at The Open University Library – You do not talk about Fight Club, but you do talk about Happy Feet2024-11-2513 min
Pedagodzilla on TourLDS Linking at The Open University Library – The Little Prince and NexusMore from our miniseries at the LDS Link Event in October 2024. In this one, Mark takes up the reins as host while Mike scampers off to eat a very underwhelming sandwich. Mark’s joined by long time friend of the show, Natasha Huckle, who shares her thoughts on The Little Prince, compassion, and Yuval Noah… Continue reading LDS Linking at The Open University Library – The Little Prince and Nexus2024-11-2210 minPedagodzilla on TourLDS Linking at the Open University Library – East of Eden, and Travels with CharlieWho likes on tour minis? WE LIKE ON TOUR MINIS. We set up our cosy little podcast booth at the Open University library for the LDS Link event – replete with a health and safety nightmare of tangled and trailing wires and trip hazards. Fabulous. In this episode Mike is joined by James Davies, fan… Continue reading LDS Linking at the Open University Library – East of Eden, and Travels with Charlie2024-11-1010 minPedagodzilla on TourLDS Linking at the Open University Library – The AI Panel, The Power of Geography, and NightwatchIt’s another of our LDS Link event minis! We’re cosily ensconced in the larverly Open University Library, with members of one of the days highlights, the AI panel! Mike is joined by Mirjam Hauck, Aisling Third and Michel Wermelinger, where we chat AI in education, how it might not result in a dystopian techmare, and… Continue reading LDS Linking at the Open University Library – The AI Panel, The Power of Geography, and Nightwatch2024-11-0829 minPedagodzilla on TourLDS Linking at the OU Library – Lord of the flies, and FrankensteinIt’s another of our LDS Link event minis, where we set up a cosy little booth in the Open University Library, and nabbed passers by to talk about books we love, and how we learn from books. In this episode Mike is joined by the fabulous Daphne Chang and Steve Stiles. Again, you might hear… Continue reading LDS Linking at the OU Library – Lord of the flies, and Frankenstein2024-11-0712 minPedagodzilla on TourLDS Linking at the OU Library – Kieron Bryan and The Celestine ProphecyIt’s another of our on-tour minis at the Open University Library, for the LDS Link event! In this episode we’re joined by the event’s keynote speaker, Kieron Bryan – an OU student with an amazing experience of life changing learning. You can find Kieron via his socials at: https://www.instagram.com/themountainofdreamsproject/2024-11-0615 minPedagodzilla on TourLDS Linking at the OU Library – All the light we cannot see, and Jane EyreIt’s some more on-tour minis! Join us at the Open University LDS Link event, where we’ve ensconced ourselves in the much beloved OU library to talk about books, and how we can learn about them. In this episode, Mike is joined by his fabulous colleagues Mark Williams and Eleanor Moore. It’s the start of the… Continue reading LDS Linking at the OU Library – All the light we cannot see, and Jane Eyre2024-11-0510 min
Pedagodzilla on TourTakeover special – The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth: How does Aberystwyth shape teaching learning and research?Back in May, to launch our lovely new book we bimbled down to Aberystwyth for a few days to visit our fab friend Mary Jacob, meet some of the fab students and edu-professionals there, and have a couple of days of pedagogic podcasting. You may have already heard the live show over on our main… Continue reading Takeover special – The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth: How does Aberystwyth shape teaching learning and research?2024-08-0847 min
Pedagodzilla on TourPedagodzilla at Playful Learning 2024 Day 3 Coverage and wrap-up, ft. roving reporter Kiu SumIt’s day 3 of the conference! Well not anymore, it’s now about 4.30am after day 3 of the conference – but Simon, the newest member of the zilla family did an absolutely stonking job of getting the edit ready to go out before midnight. Mike, the man with the publishing button…fell asleep… So, join us… Continue reading Pedagodzilla at Playful Learning 2024 Day 3 Coverage and wrap-up, ft. roving reporter Kiu Sum2024-07-061h 03Pedagodzilla on TourPedagodzilla and the Day Two Ducks’ Takeover at Playful Learning 2024Our Playful Learning Conference coverage of day 2. Plus! Emma Bearman! Tina Burton! Jane Secker! And the three members of the Pedagodzilla team reflect on what they have seen with their own eyes. What more could you want?2024-07-051h 16Pedagodzilla on TourPedagodzilla and the Playful Platypus Kacaaaw takeover! Playful Learning 2024 Day 1 CoverageIt’s before midnight so it’s still technically day 1 coverage! Join us, and the fabulous Playful Platypus Kacaaaw! In coverage, reflections and takeaways from Day 1 of the Playful Learning Conference.2024-07-0453 min
Pedagodzilla on TourPlayful Learning First timers ft. Puiyin WongWhen is something so late that it becomes almost timely? When you record a ‘conference first timers’ special with the esteemed Puiyin Wong and then don’t actually get around to editing it until just before next years conference. So this has turned from a little reflective piece on Playful Learning 2023, into a little primer… Continue reading Playful Learning First timers ft. Puiyin Wong2024-06-2556 minPedagodzilla on TourDr Clare Timmins on fabulous formative failure, and The Forbidden TwineIn the last of our miniseries on fabulous formative failure Dr Clare Timmins shares her experience of trying to bring innovative tools into teaching, the frustrating transience of digital stuff, and why making stuff with your handy mitts will never truly go out of fashion. This was recorded as part of our miniseries at Playful… Continue reading Dr Clare Timmins on fabulous formative failure, and The Forbidden Twine2024-05-2219 minPedagodzilla on TourKai De Villiers on fabulous formative failure and the relief of learning ‘people don’t really give a shit’Kai De Villiers, games expert (https://24bitgames.com https://ltraczy.itch.io/disaster-ethics) and award winning intermediate cosplayer shares her experiences of events, of learning to put failure in perspective and understanding student agency in bathroom breaks.This was recorded as part of our miniseries on fabulous formative failures at Playful Learning 2023. Yes we know it’s 2024 and the new conference… Continue reading Kai De Villiers on fabulous formative failure and the relief of learning ‘people don’t really give a shit’2024-05-1725 minPedagodzilla on TourJim Thompson on the importance of guard rails in teaching, at Playful Learning 2023Jim Thompson (UCLan) talks to Mike about his framework for pedagogical games design and also joins us in our miniseries on Piss Poor Teaching and fabulous formative failure. Jim’s framework is rad. We don’t have a link to it though. Jim give us a link!2024-03-1914 minPedagodzilla on TourChris Morrison, Jana Oehlke and Jane Secker on piss poor teaching at Playful Learning 2023Chris Morrison (Bodleian Library), Jana Oehlke (Swansea University) and Jane Secker (City University) talk to Mark about piss poor teaching, and why you need to keep your Zoom links private.2024-03-1523 min
Pedagodzilla on TourFernando Rosell Aguilar on pisspoor teaching and Picasso’s grey period at Playful Learning 2023Fernando Rosell Aguilar (Arden University) talks to Mark about some (Certificate 15) examples of pisspoor teaching, and adding colour to the naughty bits of art.2024-03-1117 minPedagodzilla on TourAndy Walsh on Fabulous formative failures and inflicting interaction at Playful Leaning 2023At another of our Fabulous Formative Failure minis we’re joined by Andy Walsh, resident playful librarian as he discusses the eldritch horror of doing stuff with other people.2024-03-0814 minPedagodzilla on TourProf Nic Whitton on how fabulous formative failure can spook you from drinking to statistics – at Playful Learning 2023Nic Whitton (Northumbria University) talks to Mike and Mark about her fabulous formative failure, and how a good shock to the system can discourage a liver thumping binge.2024-03-0613 minPedagodzilla on TourRoger Saunders on fabulous formative failure and the travails of game design at Playful Learning 2023Mike is joined by Roger Saunders, Associate Professor at DMU Leicester to discuss being a performer podcaster, fabulous formative failure – and why board game design is a trickly wee beastie. Also the first time you do something, do it badly. Words to live by.2024-03-0415 minPedagodzilla on TourMatt Wood on Fabulous Formative Failure and professional switcheroos at Playful Learning 2023Matt Wood (Northumbria University) talks to Mike about fabulous formative failure, and the switch from academic to tech professional.2024-03-0115 min
Pedagodzilla on TourFabulous formative failure with Alistair Aitcheson and Laura Mitchell at Playful Learning 2023Episode 2 of our very late miniseries recorded at the Playful Learning 2023 conference, where we discuss what we can learn from Fabulous Formative Failures, and the Danish movement of Pissedårlig undervisning, or Piss Poor Teaching. Alistair Aitcheson (Alistair Aitcheson) and Laura Mitchell (York University) have a second go at recording their experiences of a… Continue reading Fabulous formative failure with Alistair Aitcheson and Laura Mitchell at Playful Learning 20232024-02-2837 minPedagodzilla on TourPlayful Learning 2023 – Introducing fabulous formative failure with Professor Nic WhittonIt’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 Whitton2024-02-2308 minPedagodzilla on TourPlayful Learning 2023 Day 3 Recap – Theme Tunes, Headliners and ReflectionsIt’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.2023-07-071h 01Pedagodzilla on TourPlayful Learning 2023 Day 2 RecapIt’s another very scrappily pulled together daily update, hastily yanked from the RodeCaster on to Mike’s laptop, clumsily mushed together and then chucked out in to internet land. In it, we’re joined by Alex Mosely and Rosie Jones (Playful Learning Organisers) and Giskin Day the headline act to talk about her keynote, how everyone’s doing… Continue reading Playful Learning 2023 Day 2 Recap2023-07-0649 minPedagodzilla on TourPlayful Learning 2023 Day 1 RecapBam! It’s Playful Learning 2023! We’ve all had too much wine (well, Mike has), and we’re giving you an unedited flavour of the conference in three chunks! A quick intro from Mike and Mark, we’re then joined by headline act Lara Ratnaraja, and then tailed off with a look back at day 1 with Pen… Continue reading Playful Learning 2023 Day 1 Recap2023-07-0559 min
Chatting Info LitEpisode 3: #LILAC23 (with Copyright Waffle and Pedagodzilla)Podcasting eats itself this episode, as we are joined by guests Jane Secker & Chris Morrison (Copyright Waffle) and Mark Childs (one half of Pedagodzilla, with Mike Collins). Recorded in front of a live audience at LILAC 2023, the conversation covers all things podcasting and information literacy! We chat to our guests about how to get started casting the pods, and how the format works as a teaching tool. Meanwhile, the delegates and attendees at the conference share some of their IL tips and experiences!2023-05-2257 min
Pedagodzilla on TourRemixplay 5 2023: Conference-in-a-pod!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!2023-03-311h 59
Pedagodzilla on TourScott Wilson, Elden Ring and Struggle – PGZ@PL games and practice miniMoar minis! Gosh crikey but we got a lot of great stuff at Playful Learning 2022! In this mini, we’re joined by Scott Wilson Senior Data and Analytics Dev at JISC, discussing the phenomenal difficulty of Elden Ring, the joy of innuendo and Across this series, we’re looking at answering the questions:2022-12-2012 minPedagodzilla on TourLuca Morini, Final Fantasy 7 and floppy hats – PGZ@PL games and practice miniShould we rename this podcast ‘the playful learning mini podcast’? Maybe. But in the meantime – here’s another slamming chat from playful learning 2022, this time with Assistant Professor at the Centre for Global Learning (GLEA) of Coventry University, Luca Morini! We chat gamification, eco terrorists with PTSD, and the jealousy that erupts around floppy… Continue reading Luca Morini, Final Fantasy 7 and floppy hats – PGZ@PL games and practice mini2022-12-1217 minPedagodzilla on TourLiz Ellis, Alice Gallagher and terraforming foxes – PGZ@PL games and practice miniIt’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 mini2022-12-0832 minPedagodzilla on TourReverend Lindsay Southern, Dobble and Connections –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 –2022-12-0507 minPedagodzilla on TourJulia Reeve, Lego and Flow – PGZ@PL games and practice miniScratchy 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 mini2022-12-0118 minPedagodzilla on TourPen Holland and Catastrophically good game design – PGZ@PL games and practice miniIt’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 mini2022-11-2120 minPedagodzilla on TourAndy Walsh and Rachelle O’Brien on the fabulousness of playfulness – PGZ@PL games and practice miniThis is like an advent calendar of podcasts, but in November! Ho ho ho! Andy Walsh, editor for the Journal of Play in Adulthood and Rachelle O’Brien, Senior Learning Designer at DCAD, join us in another of our Playful Learning minis to talk about ‘We didn’t playtest this at all’ and Sonic the Hedgehog. Across… Continue reading Andy Walsh and Rachelle O’Brien on the fabulousness of playfulness – PGZ@PL games and practice mini2022-11-1725 minPedagodzilla on TourClaire Timmins, Minecraft and articulate mandibles – PGZ@PL games and practice miniIt’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 mini2022-11-1424 minPedagodzilla on TourDaisy Abbott, Galaxy Trucker and How to fail your research degree – PGZ@PL games and practice miniIn 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 mini2022-11-1014 min
Pedagodzilla on TourDr Laura Mitchell, Werewolf and LARP- PGZ@PL games and practice miniIt’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 mini2022-11-0620 minPedagodzilla on TourDave White and Return of the Obra Dinn – PGZ@PL games and practice miniWe’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 mini2022-11-0217 min
The Infinite Escape RoomOrbital Ape Antics ft. Pedagodzilla(this episode has gone out two days late due to a COVID related muck-up overlapping with a trip to New Orleans! Apologies! ~Mike)
Join Dr Mark Childs of the @pedagodzilla podcast and Professor Rebecca Ferguson as they fight skip goop and the tyranny of physics in order to avoid splattering....on the mooooon!
2022-11-021h 02Pedagodzilla on TourAlex Moseley and Carcassonne – PGZ@PL games and practice miniWe’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 mini2022-10-3005 minPedagodzilla on TourProf Nicola Whitton and Monkey Island – PGZ@PL games and practice miniCor 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 mini2022-10-2608 min
Pedagodzilla on TourPlayful Learning 2022: Conference-in-a-podMike here! I’ve edited together a choice selection of the 8 hours or so of material we recorded alongside a few of my reflections to produce this conference-in-a-pod, an audio scrapbook / selection box of my experience at Playful Learning 2022. I’ve written an accompanying blog post for the Open University Learning Design Team Blog,… Continue reading Playful Learning 2022: Conference-in-a-pod2022-07-223h 34Pedagodzilla on TourPlayful Learning 2022 Day 3: Mike and Mark’s reflections, Sylvester Arnab’s keynote and the closing ceremonyRecording something quick and scrappy while the conference wraps up around us! An edited version of this will appear in due course, but if you’d mad hungry for the flavour of the conference then here it be. Mildly processed to make it listenable, but uncut. All of this was recorded on a tiny wee Zoom… Continue reading Playful Learning 2022 Day 3: Mike and Mark’s reflections, Sylvester Arnab’s keynote and the closing ceremony2022-07-081h 04Pedagodzilla on TourPedagodzilla at Playful Learning Day 2: Jane Secker and Chris Morrison, their keynote copyright cabaret and waffles! (nearly unedited)‘More unedited content?!’ I hear you cry. ‘Has the boy lost all pretence at quality?!’. Well partly that, but mainly this poor little laptop is just about up to connecting to the internet to upload mp3s. We’ll be home in a few days, with the chonky boi PC for some proper editing. And then you’ll… Continue reading Pedagodzilla at Playful Learning Day 2: Jane Secker and Chris Morrison, their keynote copyright cabaret and waffles! (nearly unedited)2022-07-0757 minPedagodzilla on TourPedagodzilla at Playful Learning Day 2: Review of the day with co-co chairs Nic and Rosie (unedited)It hurts to put something out without editing it first, but to quote a topical outgoing donkey ‘them’s the breaks’. An edited version of this, with promised links, magic wonder and mystery will appear in the future – I solemnly promise. Review of day 2 of the fantastic Playful Learning Conference 2022, with Mike (Meeee),… Continue reading Pedagodzilla at Playful Learning Day 2: Review of the day with co-co chairs Nic and Rosie (unedited)2022-07-0724 minPedagodzilla on TourPedagodzilla at Playful Learning 2022 – Day 1: Dr Elliott Spaeth and the Keynote of Inclusive LearningThis sounds a bit like a Harry Potter book title now I look at it. More nearly unedited coverage from the Playful Learning Conference 2022! This time interviewing the fab Dr Elliott Spaeth to discuss his keynote, shoot the breeze and be a little bit late for the next parallel session. Elliott’s favourite Pokemon is… Continue reading Pedagodzilla at Playful Learning 2022 – Day 1: Dr Elliott Spaeth and the Keynote of Inclusive Learning2022-07-0617 minPedagodzilla on TourPedagodzilla at Playful Learning 2022 – Day 1: Introducing Playful LearningLive(ish) and largely unedited because I’m editing this together on a tiny laptop in a hotel room! Interview with Nick and Alex, the mighty cochairs at Playful Learning Conference 2022! (More details and some actual episode text to follow once I’ve a sleep. Cor it doesn’t half take it out of you all this learning… Continue reading Pedagodzilla at Playful Learning 2022 – Day 1: Introducing Playful Learning2022-07-0618 min
Bout that Life (AAU Life and basketball talk) Podcast" Bout that Life" AAU Basketball and Life talk Episode 20Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches have the opportunity to sit down with the director of the Matt Barnes Elites AAU program, Dwayne Childs and it was a long time coming. Coach Collins and Coach Childs go way back as far as not only coaching but hooping against each other and got to talk about topics like the YBA vs MBE history, the perceptions some teams and people might have of the organization and a feel for the man that puts the...2021-03-151h 23
PedagodzillaThe Pedagodzilla Pedagogic Poetry SlamBoy 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 Slam2021-02-2639 min
PedagodzillaWhy is a Mickey Mouse degree actually the best kind of degree you could experience? (Or, Pedagodzilla and the tale of The Thrice Edged Blade)Join a band of starry eyed adventurers, Mike Collins (Learning Designer at the Open University, Bard), Chris Cox, (Learning Designer at Cranfield University, Paladin) and Mark Childs (Senior Learning Designer at Durham University, Rogue), as they battle through concepts and goblins, in search of the thrice edged blade! We explore narrative in narrative, narrative in… Continue reading Why is a Mickey Mouse degree actually the best kind of degree you could experience? (Or, Pedagodzilla and the tale of The Thrice Edged Blade)2020-12-0752 min
PedagodzillaHow litigious is Alan Bennett when it comes to pedagogic monologues?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?2020-10-3040 min
Gettin' Air with Terry GreenePedagodzillaGettin' Air with @Pedagodzilla! The dynamic duo of Mike Collins and Mark Childs get together in a recording studio to smash a pedagogic theory together with a pop culture universe in order to make sense of it all and turn it into the Pedagodzilla Podcast (pedagodzilla.com). And somehow it works very, very well. Have a listen to find out how the magic happens.2020-02-0746 min