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Playful Learning 2026 – Mike’s Conference Diary

Durham University PGR Development Conference – 2026

Day Three Playful Learning 2026 Programme-in-a-pod: Snags, Spells, Idioms and Dolphins

Day Two Playful Learning 2026 Programme-in-a-pod: Cardboard Castles, Climate Choices and

Day One Playful Learning 2026 Programme-in-a-pod: World-Famous Woods, Silly Sessions and Deadline Dashes

RIDL HE Conference Day 2

RIDL HE Conference

PGR Keynote: Creative Facilitation with Mary Robson

Post-Graduate Research on student literacies

Crafting and zining for PGRS

How to PROSPER at the PGR Conference

Durham PGR Development Conference

Playful Learning past, present and submitting abstracts in the future

LDS Linking at The Open University Library – You do not talk about Fight Club, but you do talk about Happy Feet

LDS Linking at The Open University Library – The Little Prince and Nexus

LDS Linking at the Open University Library – East of Eden, and Travels with Charlie

LDS Linking at the Open University Library – The AI Panel, The Power of Geography, and Nightwatch

LDS Linking at the OU Library – Lord of the flies, and Frankenstein

LDS Linking at the OU Library – Kieron Bryan and The Celestine Prophecy

LDS Linking at the OU Library – All the light we cannot see, and Jane Eyre

Takeover special – The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth: How does Aberystwyth shape teaching learning and research?

Pedagodzilla at Playful Learning 2024 Day 3 Coverage and wrap-up, ft. roving reporter Kiu Sum

Pedagodzilla and the Day Two Ducks’ Takeover at Playful Learning 2024

Pedagodzilla and the Playful Platypus Kacaaaw takeover! Playful Learning 2024 Day 1 Coverage

Playful Learning First timers ft. Puiyin Wong

Dr Clare Timmins on fabulous formative failure, and The Forbidden Twine

Kai De Villiers on fabulous formative failure and the relief of learning ‘people don’t really give a shit’

Jim Thompson on the importance of guard rails in teaching, at Playful Learning 2023

Chris Morrison, Jana Oehlke and Jane Secker on piss poor teaching at Playful Learning 2023

Fernando Rosell Aguilar on pisspoor teaching and Picasso’s grey period at Playful Learning 2023

Andy Walsh on Fabulous formative failures and inflicting interaction at Playful Leaning 2023

Prof Nic Whitton on how fabulous formative failure can spook you from drinking to statistics – at Playful Learning 2023

Roger Saunders on fabulous formative failure and the travails of game design at Playful Learning 2023

Matt Wood on Fabulous Formative Failure and professional switcheroos at Playful Learning 2023

Fabulous formative failure with Alistair Aitcheson and Laura Mitchell at Playful Learning 2023

Playful Learning 2023 – Introducing fabulous formative failure with Professor Nic Whitton

Playful Learning 2023 Day 3 Recap – Theme Tunes, Headliners and Reflections

Playful Learning 2023 Day 2 Recap

Playful Learning 2023 Day 1 Recap

Remixplay 5 2023: Conference-in-a-pod!

Scott Wilson, Elden Ring and Struggle – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Luca Morini, Final Fantasy 7 and floppy hats – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Liz Ellis, Alice Gallagher and terraforming foxes – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Reverend Lindsay Southern, Dobble and Connections –

Julia Reeve, Lego and Flow – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Pen Holland and Catastrophically good game design – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Andy Walsh and Rachelle O’Brien on the fabulousness of playfulness – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Claire Timmins, Minecraft and articulate mandibles – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Daisy Abbott, Galaxy Trucker and How to fail your research degree – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Dr Laura Mitchell, Werewolf and LARP- PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Dave White and Return of the Obra Dinn – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Alex Moseley and Carcassonne – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Prof Nicola Whitton and Monkey Island – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

Playful Learning 2022: Conference-in-a-pod

Playful Learning 2022 Day 3: Mike and Mark’s reflections, Sylvester Arnab’s keynote and the closing ceremony

Pedagodzilla at Playful Learning Day 2: Jane Secker and Chris Morrison, their keynote copyright cabaret and waffles! (nearly unedited)

Pedagodzilla at Playful Learning Day 2: Review of the day with co-co chairs Nic and Rosie (unedited)

Pedagodzilla at Playful Learning 2022 – Day 1: Dr Elliott Spaeth and the Keynote of Inclusive Learning

Pedagodzilla at Playful Learning 2022 – Day 1: Introducing Playful Learning