Last week 30 Playful Learners met up at Northumbria University to explore AI and Playfulness. This post is a summary of what we got up and the agenda, pics and resources are all on this Padlet, so you can follow up on your favourite parts. We started with Malcolm Murray and Matt Wood from Durham …
A group of around 30 playful practitioners met at City University on the 27th and 28th April 2023 with a focus on Inclusive Playfulness (see Eventbrite). Katie Piatt started things off with an icebreaker game, asking the teams to design explicitly inclusive or non-inclusive games, with a common set of materials. The teams then played …
What have we been up to? It’s nearing the end of another strange and – in many areas – not so playful year. But small shining lights of play have helped us smile, laugh and think about our community of learners and thinkers. It was wonderful to have a live Playful Learning Conference back in …
On a wet Thursday in November, Playful Learning Association members met at the University of Huddersfield for a two day event exploring the theme of Playful Leadership. This post shared photos and resources from the event. We opening with an ice-breaker from Katie Piatt, involving throwing bean bags into the bin with players being allocated …
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Upcoming Events Spaces left! Our next in person PLA event will be held on 17-18th November (join for both or just one of the days) at the University of Huddersfield, exploring the topic of Playful Leadership. We’re currently arranging the agenda – if you are attending and would like to offer a session/playtest/activity please contact …
1 Shiny, new website! You’ll notice that we’ve moved to a new email and web address: https://playfullearningassoc.co.uk/ It’s still a bit of a work in progress, but will become the home for the Playful Learning Association and our annual Playful Learning conference. 2 Next in person PLA event – Playful Leadership You are all invited …
Playful Learning Association News The Playful Learning 2020/2021/2022 Conference was held from 6th – 8th July 2022 in Leicester To continue the learning and playing over the year, our presenters are starting to add resources, challenges and thoughts to the 20202122 programme overview. Look for the inset activity boxes and check back regularly for updates! Conference …
Playful Learning Association Events Read about our most recent in-person event:Space to Play – Cambridge meet-up May 2022 Our next in-person event will be November 17th and 18th in the north of England (theme and venue tbc). Save those dates if you want to join us! The Playful Learning Conference After two years of absence …
On the 19th and 20th May 2022, the Playful Learning Association held it’s first in person event for some years! 26 of us got together to spend some time thinking about playful spaces, hosted at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge by our co-chairs Alex and Katie. Here is a record of the event through photos! …
Playful Learning Conference After two years of absence (for obvious reasons) Playful Learning will be back on 6-8th July 2022, in Leicester. The audacious plan is to run three years of conference in one (and also an online-only version). Call for sessions is now open – time to release those pent-up creative juices! The Call …
