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Defining Frugal Education: A Position Paper
I'm pleased to share my latest paper on frugal education. This research delves into how frugal innovation practices can revolutionise educational environments by leveraging available resources creatively and sustainably. In the wake of the global pandemic, the...
Sharing is Caring: Showing off your work is a good thing!
I thought I'd post this book recommendation after a series of interesting conversations at work about how our specific team shares its work online. Through blogs, websites, and social media we've built an engaged community of like-minded educators, creators, and...
Recognising the Success of ACES: A Frugal Education Triumph at the QS Reimagine Education Awards
At the recent QS Reimagine Education awards, we were elated to clinch the Bronze award for Sustainability Education! This prestigious accolade recognises the remarkable impact of the ACES project, an initiative that has successfully integrated frugal education and...
Talking Frugal Education on the Pedagodzilla Podcast!
I recently had the pleasure of meeting the Pedagodzilla podcast boys at this years's GameChangers RemixPlay 5 event and sat down for a chat along with Sylvester Arnab to talk about about frugal education and playful learning. As always, they did a stellar job of...
Remix Play 5: Reflections
This week we finally got to deliver the GameChangers: Remix Play 5 event, which was sadly cancelled last Autumn due to the passing of the Queen. It was a resounding success and included a host of inspiring talks and playful activities. The theme this time around was...
Frugal Education in Malaysia, visiting Learning Science students at UNIMAS
A few weeks ago, early on a cold Saturday morning in the UK, I was fortunate enough to present on frugal education to Masters students studying Learning Sciences at UNIMAS (Univiersiti Malaysia Sarawak). My friend and ACES research colleague Dr. Fitri Mohamad invited...
#Dispatches: Current Projects and Changes Ahead
It’s been a busy few months in the GameChangers team with new research bids in development, ongoing case studies in full swing within the ACES project, and a whole host of other initiatives underway at various stages of development. There isn’t much I can share at...
Recognition of Playful Research Excellence in the REF 2021!
We had some wonderful news recently as the GameChangers initiative was included as one of Coventry University's impact cases for the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF2021) gaining a 4 star rating for research excellence in the process! (that 4 out of 4 btw 🤩)....
#Dispatches: LEGO Serious Play without the LEGO!
I was speaking to a colleague today who had a question about using Minecraft as a potential alternative to LEGO in a teaching environment. He was looking for something he could deliver virtually as some of the lessons he delivers are now online as a result of the...
A ‘Living’ Model for Frugal Education
An idea that I've been noodling around with for a while now is a model to represent frugal education design. I want something simple that I can share with people to more clearly articulate the idea with fewer words. I'd rather save those words for a paper in the near...