playful thoughts on games and learning
I’ve been engaged in some discussion on twitter about The Blood Typing Game, which is designed to demonstrate the principles of blood typing to a ‘younger audience’ (whatever that might be). In this ‘game’ players have to draw blood from…
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I was lucky enough to be invited to give a keynote talk last week at the Future of Technology in Education Conference. Although a bit knackered, after a 5am flight from another conference in Cork, I managed to get through…
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Myself and Alex Moseley from the University of Leicester are guest editing a special issue of Simulation & Gaming on the theme of Engagement, Simulation/Gaming and Learning. We are seeking submissions from a range of viewpoints and theoretical bases, using…
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I’m now two weeks in to Kevin Werbach’s Massively Open Online Course on Gamification. I signed up partly to find out a bit more about the business view of gamification, partly to experience a MOOC first-hand, and partly to put…
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These recent Amazon reviews for BIC For Her Ballpoint Pens made me laugh and laugh, but there’s a serious point here too (leaving aside the whole ‘Really, BIC?’ question). If the feedback had simply been a series of rants/earnest comments/serious…
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Updates to this blog have been notably inconspicuous over the past eight months. This is primarily due to the arrival of Offspring #2 back in January, compete with sleepless nights, more poo than I care to remember, and general child-related…
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