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Episode Synopsis
Nic Holt shares about the intersections between play, games, and learning on episode 198 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Always try to create those cross-silo engagements.
—Nic Holt
Before we can all learn together, we have to be nice and good to one another.
—Nic Holt
If you have a new piece of technology in your class … let everybody play with it.
—Nic Holt
To learn to take another person’s perspective is something that will transcend whatever content you’re trying to teach.
—Nic Holt
Resources Mentioned
R.E.M
Club Penguin
Dungeons and Dragons
World of Warcraft
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Autotelic – to do something for the love of it
Tiki-Toki
Bonnie Cramond
Leisure and Human Development by Douglas A. Kleiber and Francis A. McGuire
Wikipedia
Packback
Bonni’s never-used 7 Habits badges
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey*
Man, Play and Games by Roger Caillois*
Bonni’s keynote at UGA 2017 Innovation in Teaching Conference
2018 Innovation in Teaching Conference at University of Georgia’s College of Education on October 19
Quotes from the episode
Always try to create those cross-silo engagements.
—Nic Holt
Before we can all learn together, we have to be nice and good to one another.
—Nic Holt
If you have a new piece of technology in your class … let everybody play with it.
—Nic Holt
To learn to take another person’s perspective is something that will transcend whatever content you’re trying to teach.
—Nic Holt
Resources Mentioned
R.E.M
Club Penguin
Dungeons and Dragons
World of Warcraft
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Autotelic – to do something for the love of it
Tiki-Toki
Bonnie Cramond
Leisure and Human Development by Douglas A. Kleiber and Francis A. McGuire
Wikipedia
Packback
Bonni’s never-used 7 Habits badges
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey*
Man, Play and Games by Roger Caillois*
Bonni’s keynote at UGA 2017 Innovation in Teaching Conference
2018 Innovation in Teaching Conference at University of Georgia’s College of Education on October 19
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