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Category Archives: Gamification
A Man Walked into a Bar: humour, space, self-deprecation, #activelearning
In this post I explore the pedagogy of humour in the context of higher education teaching and learning and begin to realise there’s more to humour in the classroom than having a bit of fun! This was my starting point, … Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning, Co-operative pedagogy, Creativity, Gamification, Learner Engagement
Tagged case-based learning, challenge, collaboration, deduction, edutainment, engagement, fun, game-based learning, group work, humour, in jokes, inclusivity, jokes, learning, performance, persona, play, playful learning, poetry, self-awareness, teaching, tension, trust
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Wrecking it with Brexit
I’m sitting in a café on La Rambla in Barcelona following a couple of days participating in an international learning spaces summit in Barcelona (#ILS2019). (nb. I use ‘participating’ not ‘attending’) We are getting really close to Brexit now and … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Innovation, Active Learning, Belonging, Co-operative pedagogy, Employability, Gamification, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Open Learning, Scholarship and Research
Tagged Active Learning, assemblage theory, Brexit, co-creation, conference, connectivity, ecology, Employability, globalisation, icebreaker, intercultural learning, interdisciplinary learning, interprofessionalism, Learning Space and Place, Lego Serious Play, LSP, populism, scholarship
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Polycontextuality, spheres and headphones
Space, including learning space, can be thought of as ‘spheres’ and ‘atmospheres’. Ash (2016) looks at the implications of this for studio studies. For me and my own interest in studio-based learning and my longstanding interest in the ‘digital voice’ … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Innovation and Possibilities, Active Learning, Belonging, BYOD, Co-operative pedagogy, Digital Placemaking, Gamification, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Literacies and Intelligence, Media-enhanced learning, PhD, Polycontextuality, Scholarship and Research, Social Media for Learning, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged actor-network theory, affective domain, affordances, ANT, assemblage theory, atmospheres, attention, audio, digital voices, emotional intelligence, games development, headphones, immersive learning space, isolation, polycontextual bridging, psychosocial, sound space, spatial literacy, spheres, Studio
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Gamification – a way to understand #activeleaning
I have been interested in games-based learning and playful learning since the early 2000s when I came across J. P. Gee’s work and since leading work on creative development in academic practice. The Creative Development Team I was responsible for … Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning, Applied Learning, Employability, Gamification, Learner Engagement
Tagged Active Learning, Canvas, challenge, curriculum design, edugames, exploration, failure, feedback, flow, fun, game-based learning, Gamification, motivation, play, playful learning, principles, self-determination theory, serious games
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