Professor of Digital Learning and Play at Northumbria University, All tweets in a personal capacity. @nicwhitton@fediscience.org
Newcastle
Joined July 2008
- Tweets6.1K
- Following1.2K
- Followers2.4K
- Likes1.9K
So pleased that the work of the Playful Learning Association has been recognised with a #CATE award. What a wonderful bunch of colleagues @katiepiatt @AlexM11 @RosieJHJones @playbrarian @drjjlean @JameseCharnock @GiskinDay Mark Langan @SussexUni @NorthumbriaUni #CATEAwards2024
Congratulations to all 55 new National Teaching Fellows and 17 Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) 2024 winners, recognised for their outstanding contribution to excellent teaching. social.advance-he.ac.uk/ufOg… #highered #NTFS #CATE #NTFSawards2024 #CATEawards2024
ALT 2024 NTFS and CATE Awardees badges
Anyone I know at the Develop Conference in Brighton this week? It’s my first non-academic conference, it’s massive, and I don’t know anyone. Feeling a little bit out of my depth.
Definite career highlight to keynote #playlearn24 talking about what we can learn about education from cryptic crosswords. (And love the sketchnote @SFaulknerPandO.)
What a brilliant end to #playlearn24 the fantabulous @nicwhitton demystifying cryptic crosswords!
I’m amazed at people who are successful with cryptic crosswords … a skill I don’t have 🙈. Is using Google cheating? Or a way to make cryptic crosswords more accessible - discuss!
Best day ever at @Exit_Newcastle playing escape rooms, watching escape rooms, talking about escape rooms, and cooking up projects. I love my job.
Looking to recruit to a funded doctoral studentship in digital learning and play based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In computer science but doesn't have to be techy. Deadline 1 July to start next year. Interested? Know someone who might be? Please share.
nustem.uk/connect/studentshi…
Absolutely love this resource on playful AI education sites.google.com/view/genait…
Come and join an awesome bunch of people.
Wanna come and do HCI, Social Computing or Digital Civics research with us at @NorthumbriaUni ? we are recruiting new Postdocs right now - deadline 20 May. Ping me or @kylemontague for a chat, or catch me at #chi2024 🙂 jobs.ac.uk/job/DHC430/resear…
My fourteen-year-old has been told off by school today for "pretending to be an octopus" and I have never been more proud.
Rachelle is doing some fascinating research on digital escape rooms - do get in touch
What an excuse to do some research for my PhD! If anybody wants to chat escape rooms, let me know! I have interviews to plan! #escaperoom #digitalescaperoom #phd #apprentice
Any escape-room players able to offer suggestions?
For my research #PhD I'm long listing #escaperoom types and I think I've found the usual suspects. Can you share some of your favourite types of escape room or puzzle based game? It doesn't matter whether they're in-person, online, or somewhere in between! #academicchatter
Four big deadlines today so I'm busy generating pictures of cheese libraries. @rachelleeobrien @RosieJHJones
We're recruiting for an AHRC Northern Bridge PhD scholarship on digital tinkering, play, and learning to fail northernbridge.ac.uk/applyfo… Happy to talk to anyone who might be interested in applying. Please share. #playresearch
Very excited to be talking about video game myths and why games are good for you 🎮
Tickets are now LIVE for the 5th in a series of 'NU Ideas' talks, with the themes of Video Games and Play:
litandphil.org.uk/events/nu-…
Places are FREE, for Thursday, 11th of January, 6pm in the Lit & Phil, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
ALT Stock image of an XBox controller lit starkly with teal and purple lighting, from Unsplash.
Pristine whiteboard just been installed in my new office. Now what should be the first thing I draw on it?
I hope there is a special place in hell for roofers who play banging music at 9am on a Saturday morning.