Play
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(Higher) Education as Bulwark of Uselessness
Academic Labor
Listen to this chapter here, or subscribe to the entire serialized audiobook [https://anchor.fm/hybrid-teaching].Almost two years ago, halfway through the twisting path that was my doctoral course, I found myself
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Exploring the Dungeon: The Importance of “Play” to Learning
Critical Pedagogy
A weak light filters in through frosted windows and splashes across a table-sized world map as a gallery of onlookers poke each other and whisper in hushed tones. Two figures stand over the
The Political Power of Play
Digital Humanities
Listen to this chapter here, or subscribe to the entire serialized audiobook [https://anchor.fm/hybrid-teaching].This peer-reviewed article was simultaneously prepared as a keynote address for Re:Humanities 2014 [http://blogs.haverford.
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It’s Time to Play: Games, Gamification, and Active Learning
Critical Pedagogy
Play is making a comeback. There have beenTED Talks [http://www.ted.com/search?cat=ss_all&q=Play], peer-reviewed articles in pediatrics journals [http://www.pediatricsdigest.mobi/content/119/1/182.