Mike Collins
@mikecollins.bsky.social
Senior Learning Designer at The Open University and prolific podcaster at Pedagodzilla and The Infinite Escape Room
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#OU_LD's very own @mikecollins.bsky.social has baked up another stellar #Pedagodzilla podcast episode. Great listening - even for those of us who haven't gotten on the air-fryer wagon just yet. 😉
www.pedagodzilla.com/is-creating-...
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Is creating distance learning as simple as baking an air-fryer cake? (Ft. Jo Dyer)
In this episode Mike is joined by Jo Dyer, Director of Learner and Discovery Services at The Open University as we talk about cakes, bakes and how the OU makes (distance learning). Mike’s bee…
www.pedagodzilla.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#OU_LD's very own @mikecollins.bsky.social has baked up another stellar #Pedagodzilla podcast episode. Great listening - even for those of us who haven't gotten on the air-fryer wagon just yet. 😉
www.pedagodzilla.com/is-creating-...
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@markchilds.bsky.social]
www.pedagodzilla.com/is-creating-...
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@markchilds.bsky.social]
I'm still doing this, and I'm still loving it. If you haven't listened in a while check it out, we've been trying some new stuff and it's a hoot to record and even better to listen back
Say hi to our hosts!
Our four fabulous puzzlemakers, producers and ne'er-do-wells are hear for your entertainment. We are yours to enjoy like a delicious eclair.
Say hi to @mikecollins.bsky.social, Jon, @armchairescapist.bsky.social and @mairispaceship.com !
#theinfiniteescaperoom
Our four fabulous puzzlemakers, producers and ne'er-do-wells are hear for your entertainment. We are yours to enjoy like a delicious eclair.
Say hi to @mikecollins.bsky.social, Jon, @armchairescapist.bsky.social and @mairispaceship.com !
#theinfiniteescaperoom
April 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm still doing this, and I'm still loving it. If you haven't listened in a while check it out, we've been trying some new stuff and it's a hoot to record and even better to listen back
March 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Boy am I glad that thumbnail doesn't make me look like I've just nodded off mid sentence. Good chat tho mind
🎧 It's new podcast time!
Join us at the Cat & Fiddle pub, where @mikecollins.bsky.social, @mairispaceship.com and @domjordan.bsky.social talk about the use of improvisation in escape rooms.
Tune in and join in the discussion! Listen now whever you get your podcasts.
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Join us at the Cat & Fiddle pub, where @mikecollins.bsky.social, @mairispaceship.com and @domjordan.bsky.social talk about the use of improvisation in escape rooms.
Tune in and join in the discussion! Listen now whever you get your podcasts.
linktr.ee/theinfinitee...
March 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Boy am I glad that thumbnail doesn't make me look like I've just nodded off mid sentence. Good chat tho mind
The book is up on #OpenLearn! Super chuffed
Our fellow #OU_LD team member @mikecollins.bsky.social announced today that The Pedagodzilla Book is now up on #OpenLearn as an OER. It's a fun read and gets great reviews! Get stuck in!
www.open.edu/openlearn/ed...
www.open.edu/openlearn/ed...
Explore the Realm of Pedagogy with Pedagodzilla!
Pop culture is turned into playful exploration of key learning theories in ‘Pedagodzilla: Exploring the Realm of Pedagogy’. Find out more about this open educational resource.
www.open.edu
March 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The book is up on #OpenLearn! Super chuffed
Oh sick Wizard Banisher. Get outta here ya damn wizards! <chases with broom>
March 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Oh sick Wizard Banisher. Get outta here ya damn wizards! <chases with broom>
Just had a lovely meeting with some of the Pedagodzilla book authors. Really reassuring to know that no matter where you are in the country, if you're working in higher ed you're bloody knackered right now
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just had a lovely meeting with some of the Pedagodzilla book authors. Really reassuring to know that no matter where you are in the country, if you're working in higher ed you're bloody knackered right now
My special episode for #worldbookday! Good fun to run, edit and listen back to - with grisly rhyming and not so much dark undertones as a dark basecoat, detailing and lacquer.
New episode alert! 🚨
For World Book Day, we've released the first episode of our Nursery Crimes series a little earlier.
This first episode - Humpty Dumpty splat off the wall - has Mairi and Dom try to piece together Mike's murder mystery. What happened to Humpty?
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For World Book Day, we've released the first episode of our Nursery Crimes series a little earlier.
This first episode - Humpty Dumpty splat off the wall - has Mairi and Dom try to piece together Mike's murder mystery. What happened to Humpty?
linktr.ee/theinfinitee...
March 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My special episode for #worldbookday! Good fun to run, edit and listen back to - with grisly rhyming and not so much dark undertones as a dark basecoat, detailing and lacquer.
Reposted by Mike Collins
New episode of @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social is out! This one was an absolute pleasure to co-host, as cognitive load in escape rooms is a really interesting topic. Escape rooms can borrow (and perhaps should) borrow a lot from puzzley video games with this.
New episode! 📣
This week, Mike, Jamie, Mairi and Emma do a deep dive into a particular part of escape room and game design:
How do you account for players' cognitive load when designing puzzles?
Featuring more Jermaines than Mike had ever bargained for!
https://linktr.ee/theinfiniteescaperoom
This week, Mike, Jamie, Mairi and Emma do a deep dive into a particular part of escape room and game design:
How do you account for players' cognitive load when designing puzzles?
Featuring more Jermaines than Mike had ever bargained for!
https://linktr.ee/theinfiniteescaperoom
February 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
New episode of @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social is out! This one was an absolute pleasure to co-host, as cognitive load in escape rooms is a really interesting topic. Escape rooms can borrow (and perhaps should) borrow a lot from puzzley video games with this.
I miss hair a little bit. I miss proper youth a lot.
February 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I miss hair a little bit. I miss proper youth a lot.
This evening we fixed our cooker. It's the third time I've had the guts out of it in 9 years and we're still very chuffed to keep the thing kicking. It was second hand when we bought it, so the thing owes nothing to anyone.
February 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This evening we fixed our cooker. It's the third time I've had the guts out of it in 9 years and we're still very chuffed to keep the thing kicking. It was second hand when we bought it, so the thing owes nothing to anyone.
I look forward to facing tonight's inevitable baby plop in the bath armed with friendship and a colander. Cheers @dannynicholls.bsky.social you wonderful bloke.
February 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I look forward to facing tonight's inevitable baby plop in the bath armed with friendship and a colander. Cheers @dannynicholls.bsky.social you wonderful bloke.
I'm noticing a direct correlation in how incoherent and dickish I am with how much sleep and coffee I've had. Interesting.
February 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I'm noticing a direct correlation in how incoherent and dickish I am with how much sleep and coffee I've had. Interesting.
This made my weekend: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/ALSPD/...
Book Review – Pedagodzilla | Tuition Talk
www.open.ac.uk
February 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This made my weekend: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/ALSPD/...
Crikey the stuff that's come out about how Meta nakedly pirated stuff to train their AI is mad. Smoking gun, person holding gun, person saying 'it was me I did it' next to the body of copyright. Even with this I'm not confident UK or US courts are going to do owt about it...
February 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Crikey the stuff that's come out about how Meta nakedly pirated stuff to train their AI is mad. Smoking gun, person holding gun, person saying 'it was me I did it' next to the body of copyright. Even with this I'm not confident UK or US courts are going to do owt about it...
My 1 year old daughter's favourite game this weekend was lifting up my jumper and slapping my flabby belly with a tambourine.
February 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
My 1 year old daughter's favourite game this weekend was lifting up my jumper and slapping my flabby belly with a tambourine.
Reposted by Mike Collins
🥁 Drumroll please ..
The Infinite Escape Room has a new co-host!
We're absolutely bloody delighted to announce that puzzlemaker extraordinaire @mairispaceship.com has joined us as a co-host.
Mairi's puzzlemaking skills are second to none and she's worked with some heavy hitters in the industry.
The Infinite Escape Room has a new co-host!
We're absolutely bloody delighted to announce that puzzlemaker extraordinaire @mairispaceship.com has joined us as a co-host.
Mairi's puzzlemaking skills are second to none and she's worked with some heavy hitters in the industry.
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🥁 Drumroll please ..
The Infinite Escape Room has a new co-host!
We're absolutely bloody delighted to announce that puzzlemaker extraordinaire @mairispaceship.com has joined us as a co-host.
Mairi's puzzlemaking skills are second to none and she's worked with some heavy hitters in the industry.
The Infinite Escape Room has a new co-host!
We're absolutely bloody delighted to announce that puzzlemaker extraordinaire @mairispaceship.com has joined us as a co-host.
Mairi's puzzlemaking skills are second to none and she's worked with some heavy hitters in the industry.
If you're going to put eye drops in the eyes of a sleeping baby, for the love of god don't do it after you yourself planned to go to bed. That way lies sadness for all involved
February 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If you're going to put eye drops in the eyes of a sleeping baby, for the love of god don't do it after you yourself planned to go to bed. That way lies sadness for all involved
I just ate so much rotisserie chicken that I think I might need to have an early night
February 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I just ate so much rotisserie chicken that I think I might need to have an early night
You know your local GP surgery is bad when you get a letter from your MP saying parliament are considering deconsecrating it
February 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You know your local GP surgery is bad when you get a letter from your MP saying parliament are considering deconsecrating it
I vibe with this. I do some of my best stuff out of spite.
Spite's a great motivator.
I wrote twelve books that way.
If you're feeling pissed off at the fuckery afoot? Spite, yo. It'll get you far.
I wrote twelve books that way.
If you're feeling pissed off at the fuckery afoot? Spite, yo. It'll get you far.
January 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I vibe with this. I do some of my best stuff out of spite.
There's something really special about catching the moment your kid falls asleep. It's such an amazing transition - it's just on to off in a matter of seconds.
January 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
There's something really special about catching the moment your kid falls asleep. It's such an amazing transition - it's just on to off in a matter of seconds.
New episode alert! It's sustainability meets Jurassic Park, but were we so preoccupied with whether or not we could, we didn't stop to think if we should?
www.pedagodzilla.com/what-can-jur...
www.pedagodzilla.com/what-can-jur...
What can Jurassic Park teach us about embedding sustainability in course design?
Hold onto your butts! In this episode Mike is joined by learning designers Paul Astles, Katrina Matthews, and Hayley Johns to answer the sustainably silly question: “What can Jurassic Park teach us…
www.pedagodzilla.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
New episode alert! It's sustainability meets Jurassic Park, but were we so preoccupied with whether or not we could, we didn't stop to think if we should?
www.pedagodzilla.com/what-can-jur...
www.pedagodzilla.com/what-can-jur...
A friend of mine revealed he used Pedagodzilla to help put his baby to sleep. I am genuinely flattered
January 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A friend of mine revealed he used Pedagodzilla to help put his baby to sleep. I am genuinely flattered
Gyoza are fucking brilliant
January 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Gyoza are fucking brilliant