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Video abstract for one of my most influential papers: "Game-based learning for postgraduates: empirical study of an educational game for research skills" www.youtube.com/watch?v=StZc... Access the full paper here: radar.gsa.ac.uk/6918/ #GBL #EduSky #AcademicSky #BoardGames #Games4Research

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I've been making loads of video abstracts about my #GBL work. Here's the first one, about the design considerations of my first serious game: How to Fail Your Research Degree. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bblu... Get the game at howtofailyourresearchdegree.com #Games4Research #AcademicSky

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Sprog left this out for me to listen to whilst working at home 😊

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Spring has sprung!

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Materials all sorted for my next (ND) workshop in London next week, Lego sorted in boxes for another two workshops coming up, materials are also ready to go for the next webinar, think I'm all lined up for the next month of stuff! Link is the next webinar! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1234555943...

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The Steam algorithm is rather like a headmistress—stern, inscrutable, and terribly fond of numbers. A well-stocked wishlist keeps her happy, so if you’d add Expelled! to yours, we’d be most grateful. (And if you do buy it, we shall simply have to cope.) store.steampowered.com/app/2963890/...

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Listening to Bright Eyes excellent new album regularly - and my favourite lines: "El*n Musk, in virgin white I'd kill him in an alley Over five dice"

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Thank you to the artists, architects, landscape architects, makers, dreamers, activists, poets, environmentalists, visionaries, actors, musicians, scientists, storytellers, chefs, filmmakers, curators, educators & the community who bring their magical energy & ideas into the Forest of Imagination 💚🌳

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Dandelions, hellebores, ever-flowering gorse and a splash of lurid crocus to brighten #WildflowerHour this week.

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The countdown continues with 2 days to go, so tap in and bring your squad! This is more than a showcase — it’s a movement, a celebration, and a space to shine in ways you’ve never seen before.

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My "Dating App" for game discovery goes live on Kickstarter today. So I'm on the hunt for anyone who might write about it. My #ReverseJournoRequest Please share and tag anyone you think might be interested. Early access available for streamers etc. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

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No words.

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In "Too Much Fun," video game theorist @jesperjuul.bsky.social tells the surprising history of the Commodore 64—the best-selling home computer of all time. Join him for an AMA at r/IAmA on Tuesday, Feb. 18th, at 10 am ET!

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Heh:

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This one is doing the rounds, for obvious reasons.

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i think it's pacing. games are super slow compared to all other narrative forms (with the exception of netflix tv shows, which are the slowest art form ever created by humankind)

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Listening to the excellent @jjlean.bsky.social talk about experiential learning, RISE and authentic experiences for students

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Truly fantastic news!

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The next inkle game is through testing, polished up, jazzy, and ready to roll! GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT! More soon…

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About to send out the Feb update for the Playful Learning Association! Lots of lovely stuff in there this month :-) playfullearningassoc.co.uk/february-upd...

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Lovely day exploring the ARU-P campus with my team, and great to see so many discussions and catchups for all. Lovely evening cathedral walk too

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Team away day at ARU-Peterborough today. Late Christmas celebration built in, so listening to Christmas tunes on the way in 🎶 🧑‍🎄

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Storytellers! Worldbuilders! can you help, please? What creative commons open storyworlds are there for students to work with? They are making experiences based in Twine. We already have Clockwork Watch for the steampunk genre. #interactivefiction #twine #gamedesign #narrativedesign

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Today's share of a #Games4Research game is Copyright the Card Game (available in physical and online versions). It's "a new engaging approach to copyright education sessions" by @jsecker.bsky.social and Chris Morrison. Find out more at: copyrightliteracy.org/resources/co... #GBL

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New packs for the MK2 Playful Learning Tour Guide. Workshop at the University of Durham tomorrow.

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A fantastic resource on Playful Learning created by @egillaspy.bsky.social

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Join us Wednesday 8pm GMT for #LTHEchat with guest Dr Paul Ian Campbell @drpauliancampbell.bsky.social to talk about Closing the Race Award Gap: A New Approach to Inclusive Assessment in Higher Education lthechat.com/2025/01/27/c...

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The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill). Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill). Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)

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Extremely hyped for this – it’ll be an invaluable resource for every video game scholar

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Slightly earlier show tonight 11 pm on ttns.uk It's a show i'm calling The Ray Bradbury Hour, because it's an hour of tunes based on stories by Ray Bradbury. Then stay tuned for another set for another hour. Then another ... Yup it's another three-hour marathon session :-)

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A4 #LTHEchat create a space for people to share and celebrate their practices is vital Loads of practice from UCLan and beyond on this padlet uclan.padlet.org/EGillaspy/pl... Make sure you join the playfullearningassoc.co.uk to share more widely. There are more of us out there than people think!

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“Focusing on immersion in games is at the detriment of having them being appreciated as craft. Interesting games writing makes you pause and consider intentionality & authorship. Immersion … doesn’t leave space for the pleasures of engaging with the gameworld as artifice.” 💯 @florencesn.bsky.social

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Missing about with a #Letterpress print for my own amusement. Quite fancy doing some larger spoof posters, but this is a little experiment on A5.

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And our role as institutions is to open up a safe space for that failure and learning from it.

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#lcfc are going down this season, without a shadow of a doubt. No plan and now no spirit from top to bottom ☹️

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This could be a great way for education focused academics in the sciences to record their work too - looking forward to exploring!

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Spatial Fluency & the Student Journey This post reflects on outcomes from the Harnessing Multimodalities in Higher Education project, which was funded by the QAA as a Collaborative Enhancement Project (see the QAA website for more on the project and the toolkit we created). It was written in…

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Latest episode of Pedagodzilla, focusing on the Playful Learning Conference www.pedagodzilla.com/playful-lear... Start thinking about what you might want to submit to the 2025 conference.

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Over £1k for an early bird rate for a conference? This is outrageous and totally excludes 99% of practitioners. There is another way.

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🌍 Belonging in Education A study in Canada found culturally affirming events, mentorship, & funding were vital for Indigenous students’ success. Barriers included financial strain, lack of childcare, and challenges in urban settings. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #EduSky #HigherEd

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Sharing some scenarios for possible futures of AI and society: aiandacademia.substack.com/p/four-possi...

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Submission deadline for the Playful Learning Conference 2025 is 3rd February playfullearningassoc.co.uk/pl25-submiss... Pedagodzilla has also released an episode today they recorded on the final day of Playful Learning 2024 which has top tips for submitting an abstract- lnkd.in/eiFAgKg2

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Delighted to announce that we have opened registration and the call for papers for our annual #blackboard conference #durbbu. We are back in the Castle! stories.durham.ac.uk/durbbu/

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I can't read the whole thing as no NYT subscription but here's an article about Mabel Addis, apparently the first female video game designer. www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/o... #GameStudies #GBL

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Me and @playbrarian.uk are looking to expand our existing pool of amazing reviewers for the Journal of Play in Adulthood. Please drop us a line if you're interested or want to know more. We offer support, infinite gratitude, and AI-generated haikus on request. www.journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk

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My own game for research: "How to Fail Your Research Degree" howtofailyourresearchdegree.com Resharing as I recently revamped the website and uploaded a new animation aimed at people who teach research skills in HE. #Games4Research #AcademicSky #PlayfulLearning #LoveLD #PGR #postgraduate #Research

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The year 2024 was 1.60°C warmer than pre-industrial levels, according to the EU's Copernicus service today.

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