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My Serious Games Rapid Co-Design Workflow new improved interactive PDF version!
✅ More accessible
✅ Better scaffolding
✅ Prototyping tools list
✅ Triadic Game Design intro

Please have a go & give feedback! gamebasedlearninginhe.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/s...
#seriousGames #playfulLearning #GBL

LTHE Chat 339: Game Frameworks – Teaching Tools for Game Design and Beyond Join us on Bluesky with guest David James @dwjames.bsky.social on Wednesday 15th October 2025 at 20:00 BST Games Development as a university subject has grown significantly in popularity over the l…

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Games Based Teaching Tools with @dwjames.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/10/13/l...

#gamesbasedlearning

Make a 2D Action & Adventure RPG in Godot 4 - Tutorial Series - YouTube This tutorial series covers how to build a top down 2D game that features action, adventure and light RPG mechanics, using Godot 4 & GD Script.

Cuz sharing is caring and resource secrecy is for dweebs: For the past week, I've been starting my mornings by doing a lesson from this ridiculously comprehensive Godot Action RPG tutorial.

It's amazing. Dude basically teaches you how to make Legend of Zelda: LTTP.

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Falsifying Heritage: The Denial and Disavowal of Glasgow’s Links with Atlantic Slavery By Stephen Mullen In a recent article in The Times, (‘Scottish Taxpayers should not have to pay the price for Slavery, 7 June 2025), Professor Nigel Biggar misrepresented an exhibition in Glasgow’s…

Stephen Mullen, a highly regarded historian specialising in Scotland's links with Atlantic slavery, objects to a right wing scholar's flagrant misrepresentation of his own work and that of Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum's curators in @thetimes.com

alanlester.co.uk/blog/falsify...

a person is standing in a room with smoke coming out of it and the words `` game time '' . ALT: a person is standing in a room with smoke coming out of it and the words `` game time '' .

See you all next week - same time, same place! #LTHEchat

Next week we will be joined by David James, @dwjames.bsky.social discussing Games Based Teaching Tools

Image text reads: Do you teach board games? We invite you to complete a short survey for academic research into people’s experiences of teaching boardgames, at home and elsewhere. The survey takes about ten minutes to complete. To find out more, please use the QR code, visit go.unimelb.edu.au/45qp or email hybrid-games@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics Approval 33778) There is also a decorative image of game pawns and dice, with a magnifying glass on top, as well as a QR code which points to the given link.

Do you teach boardgames? We have just launched a survey asking about your experience! It takes about ten minutes to complete - please share!
Survey link: go.unimelb.edu.au/45qp

Video game lets you return African artifacts from Western museums | CNN In “Relooted,” players plan a heist to reclaim real-life African artifacts held in Western institutions.

www.cnn.com/world/africa...

Hi historical game interested folks!
Saw abstract for research article -- it suggested affective engagement w/ historical content increased using particular games vs a text but knowledge test scores better w/ text.
Okay let's shift from article i've-not-read to that principle 1/ 🧵
🗃 #AncientBluesky

Games-Based Learning Virtual Conference 2026 Games-Based Learning Virtual Conference 2026

Pitch your session for GBLVC 2026! 🌍 Teach others how games can change minds, inspire learning & build inclusion. AI, design, therapy, social impact—bring it. Proposals due Dec 7 → gblconference.com/  #GBL #EdTech #Gamification #SeriousGames

Please. The hands down winner must surely be:
"Does this look like a man who has had ALL he can eat?!"

Creative Thinking Quest by daisyabbott.itch.io A Creative Thinking Quest for research or creative projects

Yep, here's my gamified quest through research project development, aimed mostly at postgraduates. daisyabbottitchio.itch.io/creative-thi...

#gamification #research #Games4Research #GBL #academicSky #eduSky #LTHEChat #LoveLD #HE

A person's hand holding a mobile phone which shows a screen page called Gamification. There's also a plant, laptop & coffee.

Do you have any handy resources to share with the #LearnHigher community around gamification or AI? There's loads of eager practitioners out there. If you have some great, reusable resources, share them with us! #LTHEChat #LoveLD #HE https://aldinhe.ac.uk/learnhigher

Poster for an exhibition called Empire Retold: Augmented Reality Narratives. The poster text reads: Empire Retold: Augmented Reality Narratives, 6 - 15 November 2025, 10:00 - 19:30 (drop in), Advanced Research Centre (ARC), The University of Glasgow, G11 6EW. There are two logos, one for the School of Innovation and Technology, Glasgow School of Art. The second logo is the Being Human Festival 2025. There is an image in the background that shows a 3D model of the 1938 British Empire Exhibition that was held in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. Overlaid onto this image is a pink glowing path, leading you into the scene and a partial view of some archival images of Tait's Tower. Being Human Festival (6 – 15 November) is the UK’s national festival of the humanities. Browse the full #BeingHuman2025 programme now: https://beinghumanfestival.org/festival-events

Empire Retold: Augmented Reality Narratives Discover untold stories of ordinary people living during the British Empire and experience their stories in augmented reality.In 1938, a huge British Empire Exhibition took place in Bellahouston Park,...

I'm excited to share another exhibition as part of the Being Human Festival (6 – 15 Nov). www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/empir...

@BeingHumanFest is the UK’s national festival of the humanities. Full #BeingHuman2025 programme: beinghumanfestival.org/festival-eve...

@sit-gsa.bsky.social

Working with and understanding neurodivergent colleagues webinar - Sept 25 Want to better understand and support your neurodivergent (ND) colleagues? This webinar will help get you started.

Last couple of days to book on this webinar I'm running on Monday afternoon! "Working with and understanding neurodivergent colleagues", 2pm Monday 8th September. ndcolleagues.eventbrite.co.uk
(Can also book me to come to your place of work and run something much more interactive and custom!)

The Glasgow School of Art joins forces with key industry partners as Scotland’s largest city positions itself as UK’s 3D content creation capital - The Glasgow School of Art Media Centre Scotland’s largest city will today position itself as the UK’s 3D content creation capital with the launch of a groundbreaking industry-academic partnership.    The University of Glasgow (UofG), The…

The 3D Content Creation group - a groundbreaking industry-academic partnership between The Glasgow School of Art, University of Glasgow and City of Glasgow College - aims to make Glasgow the UK’s 3D content creation capital.

Read more: gsamediacentre.co.uk/the-glasgow-...

Radical histories of the Gorbals Walking through the radical histories and present-day struggles of the city of Glasgow

@rogerneilbarton.bsky.social Hi Neil, just wanted to let you know we've a new tour of the Gorbals coming up in a few weeks. Don't book tickets though! Just come along if there's a date that works, you and Alex are due a freebie for being long-time supporters www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1651152213...

It's not though. Ankara is the capital of Turkey. :-)

Author wearing a rainbow dyed t-shirt takes a photo of them showing off their book, The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law.

My book is published! It’s a critical take on how emotions shape conflicts about LGBT rights and repair in equality law, gender recognition, bans on conversion practices, and sex education in schools. You can download it free via @edinburghup.bsky.social: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...

DiGRA 2026 Conference Announcement - DiGRA The DiGRA Executive Board is pleased to announce that DiGRA 2026 will be hosted at Maynooth University in Maynooth, Ireland from 14 to 18 June 2026.

DiGRA 2026 will be hosted at Maynooth University in Maynooth, Ireland from 14 to 18 June 2026.
The 2026 conference theme is Intersectional Pleasures.

digra.org/digra-2026-h...

Empire Retold: Bellahouston AR - Apps on Google Play Discover the forgotten stories behind Britain’s last Empire Exhibition.

Live near Bellahouston Park in #Glasgow ? This weekend why not take an hour to try this #augmentedReality walking tour / game / audio trail?

All data is authentic: either from archives or collected from contemporary Glaswegians during the project.

play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Also on iOS.
Free.

A photo of my hands and phone screen whilst viewing historical images of the Empire Exhibition of 1938 through a mobile phone Augmented Reality app. The image shows Atlantic Restaurant, aligned with the foundation stone of the exhibition.

Fun with #AugmentedReality in Bellahouston Park.
The phone screen shows Atlantic Restaurant, aligned with the foundation stone of the Empire Exhibition in the background, the walls echoing the prow of the ship-shaped building.

Get the app by searching "Bellahouston" on apple or android.
#history

Photograph of game components in a paper prototype

A fun day testing a prototype game designed to help interdisciplinary research teams communicate. I'm looking forward to the final version.

For more, see gst-lab.business-school.ed.ac.uk/research/pro...

#games4research #gbl #playfulLearning

You can now get "Empire Retold" resources through the @scotstemambassador.bsky.social site and (soon!) @stemlearning.bsky.social site. I've got high hopes that this enriching interdisciplinary research is happily received in #STEM & #STEAM circles :-)

resources.stemambassadors.scot/resources/em...

I have the word 'interdisciplinary' in my profile. You should see some of the review (and please publish your work in our totally unrelated journal!) requests I get...

Roots and Wings-Second Edition I am thrilled to announce the release of the second edition of my book, “Roots and Wings: Inspiring Stories of Indian Women in Engineering” on Amazon. The audience for this edition is m…

@sanjanabhambhani.bsky.social You might be interested in this book by @shlead.bsky.social
shanthamohan.com/roots-and-wi...

Not to mention the most egregious product placement I've ever seen in a film. Still, it has James Cromwell so not all bad...

I’m zip-sliding the River Clyde in Glasgow tomorrow 24th August to support the Scottish Refugee Council. Any small donation would be much appreciated! ❤️

@scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social @glasgowwestend.bsky.social

#PartOfTheBiggerPicture 🧩

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⏳ Our summer campaign is coming to an end, and with it our t-shirts are nearly all gone!

BUT, due to high demand, we've just re-stocked our black t-shirts to finish the campaign!

👕 Sizes S - XXXL available once again!

Don't hang around...

#partofthebiggerpicture 🧩

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In the course of assisting a student who'd lost their Endnote library, I've just discovered this brilliant tool: anystyle.io I created & downloaded a .bib file from her thesis bibliography in 3 clicks. Super helpful.