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Playful Learning and Virtual Escape Rooms
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Feb 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Rachelle O’Brien and Nicola Whitton talk about playful learning and virtual escape rooms on episode 402 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Be open to putting yourself in a position to try something that can potentially fail.
-Rachelle O’Brien
Have an idea that you can explain in a sentence. If it goes beyond that, it is probably too complex.
-Rachelle O’Brien
Resources
PlayThinkLearn
Eduscapes
Episode 397 with Audrey Watters: Teaching Machines
Episode 72 with Robert Bjork: How to Use Cognitive Psychology to Enhance Learning
What is a Game, by Bernard Suit
Education Burrito – unwrapping the ‘fun in games’
O’Brien, R, E., & Farrow, S (2020). Escaping the inactive classroom: Escape Rooms for teaching technology. Journal for Social Media in Higher Education.
O’Brien, R, E. (2020). The Great Escape – Escape Rooms for Learning and Teaching. Durham University.
O’Brien, R, E. (2021). Finding creativity and taming the online activity beast. AdvanceHE.
Using games in Teaching
My journey to the end of the course (DEIDGBL)
Quotes from the episode
Be open to putting yourself in a position to try something that can potentially fail.
-Rachelle O’Brien
Have an idea that you can explain in a sentence. If it goes beyond that, it is probably too complex.
-Rachelle O’Brien
Resources
PlayThinkLearn
Eduscapes
Episode 397 with Audrey Watters: Teaching Machines
Episode 72 with Robert Bjork: How to Use Cognitive Psychology to Enhance Learning
What is a Game, by Bernard Suit
Education Burrito – unwrapping the ‘fun in games’
O’Brien, R, E., & Farrow, S (2020). Escaping the inactive classroom: Escape Rooms for teaching technology. Journal for Social Media in Higher Education.
O’Brien, R, E. (2020). The Great Escape – Escape Rooms for Learning and Teaching. Durham University.
O’Brien, R, E. (2021). Finding creativity and taming the online activity beast. AdvanceHE.
Using games in Teaching
My journey to the end of the course (DEIDGBL)
Released:
Feb 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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