{"id":1310,"date":"2025-08-26T12:45:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T11:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/replay\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2025-11-09T14:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T14:21:12","slug":"reflections-on-playful-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/replay\/reflections-on-playful-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on playful learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/replay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/replay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-2.png 766w, https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/replay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-2-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week I did a seminar at VWMOOC2025 &#8211; this is something I&#8217;m asked to do most years, I think because I&#8217;ve been around the community for long enough now I&#8217;m seen as a permanent fixture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VWMOOC is a course created by Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning https:\/\/integrating-technology.org\/ and I think for a lot of participants is an opportunity to dabble in something metaversey for the first time. This year I did the workshop on three different projects, to tie in with their &#8220;10 ideas for humanity&#8221; series. The projects I spoke about were this one, then a series of webinars I&#8217;m doing on psychological safety in the workplace, and a third one I&#8217;m doing with Birmingham on teacher identities. The seminar is available on youtube at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jUO081cEsRk&amp;list=PL8JUcjyABKxkqe7m1CghgXolyJpVAsHfI&amp;index=6\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jUO081cEsRk&amp;list=PL8JUcjyABKxkqe7m1CghgXolyJpVAsHfI&amp;index=6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The feedback on the playful learning section was interesting, which is why I&#8217;m sharing it here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although overall metaverses are intrinsically playful spaces so attract people who like to play, there were some reservations &#8211; comments like &#8221;&nbsp;I have felt anxious and oppressed sometimes when people have forced us into playful activities that I did not find fun or playful&#8221; &#8220;I am careful about introducing play into my own teaching, interestingly one of my students with autism specifically said she hated playful activities in teaching&#8221; and &#8220;playful can be quite a subjective concept and culturally specific&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All good points, and (my own biases showing here as I&#8217;m all for any sorts of play) not ones I&#8217;d properly considered. I think looking more at those tensions is something I&#8217;ll have to think about more. My response at the time was &#8220;i think it has to be co-created with the students &#8211; or ideally it is&#8221; which would help but isn&#8217;t always practicable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheila Webber (who convened the session and invited me) sent me an email this morning with a quote from Caillois &#8220;A game which one would be forced to play would at once cease being play. It would become a constraint, drudgery from which one would strive to be freed\u201d (Caillois, 2001, p. 6.) (the 1958 book republished) That book is <em>Man, Play and Games<\/em>. I haven&#8217;t checked out the 2001 edition but hopefully they corrected the gendered title that time round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall though, really useful session to have done. Plenty of food for thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P.S. the image is of me &#8211; for the third part of the seminar I asked people to change to a skin to represent their identity as a practitioner. 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