Prof. Ian Turner
@docwiththesocs.bsky.social
Works @derbyuni #NTF #PFHEA . Tweets #gamebasedlearning & #geek science stuff. Co-runs #BEST #RemoteForensicCSI and The #Dungeons&Dragons Research Tavern. Likes funky socks.
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Timely with a new platform to share our #DungeonsAndDragons #Research Tavern - Set up for anyone interested in researching the impact of Table-Top Roleplaying #Games #ttrpg buff.ly/3ZlhOus #GameBasedLearning
Here, Here! ----The power of play: Temple professor releases updated book on why #play still matters in the digital age now.temple.edu/news/2026-01...
The power of play: Temple professor releases updated book on why play still matters in the digital age
Temple Professor Kathy Hirsh-Pasek appeared on Good Morning America on Jan. 27 to discuss the benefits of play on children’s learning and language development with an updated edition of her book,…
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February 5, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Here, Here! ----The power of play: Temple professor releases updated book on why #play still matters in the digital age now.temple.edu/news/2026-01...
Might have to give this a look (in the name of #science) - #ASTROBOTANICA, a science-focused survival game, is coming to PC on February 16 #GameBasedLearning news.instant-gaming.com/en/articles/...
ASTROBOTANICA, a science-focused survival game, is coming to PC on February 16 - IG News
More than a year and a half after its initial announcement, ASTROBOTANICA is ready to be released in early access for PC on February 16, 2026. ASTROBOTANICA…
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February 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Might have to give this a look (in the name of #science) - #ASTROBOTANICA, a science-focused survival game, is coming to PC on February 16 #GameBasedLearning news.instant-gaming.com/en/articles/...
Sustainability education gets creative with board games www.uu.se/en/staff/new... #Sustainability #BoardGames #Education
Sustainability education gets creative with board games – Staff – Uppsala University
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February 4, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Sustainability education gets creative with board games www.uu.se/en/staff/new... #Sustainability #BoardGames #Education
Exploring the Practical Application of #Gamified Incentive Mechanisms in #Pathology #Teaching www.scirp.org/journal/pape... #Gamification #GameBasedLearning
Exploring the Practical Application of Gamified Incentive Mechanisms in Pathology Teaching
In response to the problems such as low participation and insufficient practical training of students in traditional laboratory teaching, this study aims to explore the effectiveness and feasibility…
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February 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Exploring the Practical Application of #Gamified Incentive Mechanisms in #Pathology #Teaching www.scirp.org/journal/pape... #Gamification #GameBasedLearning
Researchers are using Dungeons & Dragons to find the breaking points of major AI models www.psypost.org/researchers-... #DungeonsAndDragons #AI #GenAI
Researchers are using Dungeons & Dragons to find the breaking points of major AI models
Leading language models are entering the world of tabletop role-playing to prove their intelligence. A new study reveals the specific point where even the most advanced programs start to lose their…
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February 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Researchers are using Dungeons & Dragons to find the breaking points of major AI models www.psypost.org/researchers-... #DungeonsAndDragons #AI #GenAI
Interactive board game teaches kids about #disaster preparedness, response www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-... #BoardGame #GameBasedLearning
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January 30, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Interactive board game teaches kids about #disaster preparedness, response www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-... #BoardGame #GameBasedLearning
Interesting paper .. Elemental Home: A Video Game to Explore #Chemistry in Everyday Life pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... #VideoGame #GameBasedLearning
Elemental Home: A Video Game to Explore Chemistry in Everyday Life
This study presents and analyzes Elemental Home, a video game designed for teaching chemistry, with a specific focus on chemical elements in everyday life. Set inside a house, the video game situates…
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January 29, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Interesting paper .. Elemental Home: A Video Game to Explore #Chemistry in Everyday Life pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... #VideoGame #GameBasedLearning
H-F teachers develop simple game to teach quantum concepts www.hfchronicle.com/2025/08/04/h... #GameBasedLearning #QuantumMechanics
H-F teachers develop simple game to teach quantum concepts - HF Chronicle
Two Homewood-Flossmoor High School teachers have created a game that uses the traditional tic-tac-toe squares to teach quantum concepts.
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January 29, 2026 at 10:56 AM
H-F teachers develop simple game to teach quantum concepts www.hfchronicle.com/2025/08/04/h... #GameBasedLearning #QuantumMechanics
'EVE Online''s space survival spinoff uses realistic simulations and algorithms to build a whole new universe www.space.com/entertainmen... #EveOnline #GameBasedLearning
'EVE Online''s space survival spinoff uses realistic simulations and algorithms to build a whole new universe (exclusive)
'EVE Frontier' developers Helgi Freyr Rúnarsson and Guðlaugur Jóhannesson talk galaxy merger models, black holes, and the thin line between science and fun.
www.space.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:07 PM
'EVE Online''s space survival spinoff uses realistic simulations and algorithms to build a whole new universe www.space.com/entertainmen... #EveOnline #GameBasedLearning
Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations, and success influence enjoyment in video games www.nature.com/articles/s41... #VideoGames #GameBasedLearning
Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations, and success influence enjoyment in video games - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations, and success influence enjoyment in video games
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January 28, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations, and success influence enjoyment in video games www.nature.com/articles/s41... #VideoGames #GameBasedLearning
Saudi game developer turns science into play www.arabnews.com/node/2619340... #Game #GameBasedLearning #Play
Saudi game developer turns science into play
ALKHOBAR: Aged just 23, Saudi developer Kady Al-Yahya is helping define how technology can teach. Her hand-coded game Orbital Sweeper — a blend of space exploration and environmental awareness — has…
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January 27, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Saudi game developer turns science into play www.arabnews.com/node/2619340... #Game #GameBasedLearning #Play
Game Changer: Exploring the Role of Board Games in the Lives of Autistic People link.springer.com/article/10.1... #BoardGames #Autisim #GameBasedLearning
Game Changer: Exploring the Role of Board Games in the Lives of Autistic People - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
This mixed methods paper reports findings from three studies examining the overlap between autism and hobbyist board gaming. The first was a quantitative survey of over 1600 board gamers, showing…
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January 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Game Changer: Exploring the Role of Board Games in the Lives of Autistic People link.springer.com/article/10.1... #BoardGames #Autisim #GameBasedLearning
Metaphors and myths: using the board game Dixit to understand the autistic lived experience link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Boardgame #GameBasedLearning #Dixit #Autisim
Metaphors and myths: using the board game Dixit to understand the autistic lived experience - Discover Psychology
Autism is a condition that takes on many meanings, particularly to those with lived experience. Exploring these meanings is paramount to being able to improve the way that autistic people are treated…
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January 26, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Metaphors and myths: using the board game Dixit to understand the autistic lived experience link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Boardgame #GameBasedLearning #Dixit #Autisim
What Scientists Are Doing With #Games www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-...
What Scientists Are Doing With Games
Researchers are turning to games to tackle increasingly diverse problems in wildly different ways. Some recent success stories suggest this is a trend that's set to continue.
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January 25, 2026 at 3:07 PM
What Scientists Are Doing With #Games www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-...
Minecraft cancer game aims to 'break taboos' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Minecraft #cancer #GameBasedLearning
Teesside doctor's Minecraft cancer game aims to 'break taboos'
Middlesbrough surgeon Johnny Ferguson is involved in developing the children's awareness game.
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January 25, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Minecraft cancer game aims to 'break taboos' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Minecraft #cancer #GameBasedLearning
The science of gamification: Reimagining biomedical education through gamified learning www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/the-... #Biomedical #Education #Gamification
The science of gamification: Reimagining biomedical education through gamified learning
Dr Michael J. Dillon and Prof Laura Bowater examine the science of gamification to transform biomedical education through gamified learning
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January 24, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The science of gamification: Reimagining biomedical education through gamified learning www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/the-... #Biomedical #Education #Gamification
Video games can get kids to practice science skills www.futurity.org/video-games-... - Original Paper is here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #VideoGames #Science #Skills #GameBasedLearning
Video games can get kids to practice science skills
Though some might see video games as a distraction, a new study suggests they can actually serve as a place to practice key science skills.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Video games can get kids to practice science skills www.futurity.org/video-games-... - Original Paper is here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #VideoGames #Science #Skills #GameBasedLearning
Video game experiment reveals people value feeding their neighbors—even at a cost to themselves phys.org/news/2026-01... original paper is here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #VideoGame #Inequity #SeriousGame
Video game experiment reveals people value feeding their neighbors—even at a cost to themselves
For many people, the allure of video games is that they offer players a chance to enter a world very different from their own: everything from fighting dragons in a mythical realm to racing cars on…
phys.org
January 23, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Video game experiment reveals people value feeding their neighbors—even at a cost to themselves phys.org/news/2026-01... original paper is here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #VideoGame #Inequity #SeriousGame
Playing Video Games Has an Unexpected Effect on Kids' IQ, Study Says www.sciencealert.com/playing-vide... original article is here www.nature.com/articles/s41... #VideoGames #IQ
Playing Video Games Has an Unexpected Effect on Kids' IQ, Study Says
Researchers have linked spending more time playing video games with a boost in intelligence in children, which goes some way to contradicting the narrative that gaming is bad for young minds.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Playing Video Games Has an Unexpected Effect on Kids' IQ, Study Says www.sciencealert.com/playing-vide... original article is here www.nature.com/articles/s41... #VideoGames #IQ
From Chatbots to Dice Rolls: Researchers Use D&D to Test AI’s Long-term Decision-making Abilities today.ucsd.edu/story/from-c... #AI #DungeonsAndDragons
From Chatbots to Dice Rolls: Researchers Use D&D to Test AI’s Long-term Decision-making Abilities
Large Language Models, like ChatGPT, are learning to play Dungeons & Dragons. The reason? Simulating and playing the popular tabletop role-playing game provides a good testing ground for AI agents…
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January 22, 2026 at 3:07 PM
From Chatbots to Dice Rolls: Researchers Use D&D to Test AI’s Long-term Decision-making Abilities today.ucsd.edu/story/from-c... #AI #DungeonsAndDragons
Citizen science game advances global protein database phys.org/news/2025-10... #CitizenScience #Game the paper is here - journals.iucr.org/d/issues/202...
Citizen science game advances global protein database
In a groundbreaking new study, researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth have shown that players of the online citizen science game Foldit can successfully refine and improve…
phys.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Citizen science game advances global protein database phys.org/news/2025-10... #CitizenScience #Game the paper is here - journals.iucr.org/d/issues/202...
Well! we have completed our 40th column for Laboratory News! and we (w/Dr Louise Robinson) have taken a step out from page 47 to talk about #games, #science and the column for generally - www.labnews.co.uk/article/2098... here is to 40 more! #DerbUni @derbyuni.bsky.social
Board of science | Laboratory News
Celebrating Game Theory’s 40th appearance, Ian Turner and Louise Robinson venture out from page 47 to discuss the lighter side of STEM.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Well! we have completed our 40th column for Laboratory News! and we (w/Dr Louise Robinson) have taken a step out from page 47 to talk about #games, #science and the column for generally - www.labnews.co.uk/article/2098... here is to 40 more! #DerbUni @derbyuni.bsky.social
Pleased to share our latest publication! Development of three Higher Education professional learning networks in response to COVID-19: a case study with a group of wonderful colleagues in the Int. Journal for Academic Development #DerbyUni @derbyuni.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Development of three Higher Education professional learning networks in response to COVID-19: a case study
The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic brought in-person teaching to an abrupt halt in March 2020 posing the problem of how to continue to deliver undergraduate courses remotely. This paper presents a ...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Pleased to share our latest publication! Development of three Higher Education professional learning networks in response to COVID-19: a case study with a group of wonderful colleagues in the Int. Journal for Academic Development #DerbyUni @derbyuni.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Enjoyed speaking to applicants today about The Truth Behind TV #Crime Dramas - a fun myth-busting session exploring what shows get right (and very wrong!) about forensic science. #forensic #CSI #DerbyUni @derbyuni.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Enjoyed speaking to applicants today about The Truth Behind TV #Crime Dramas - a fun myth-busting session exploring what shows get right (and very wrong!) about forensic science. #forensic #CSI #DerbyUni @derbyuni.bsky.social