The Ludicast

Ludic Pedagogy Lab

In The Ludicast, we engage in conversations with a diverse group of educators, about why and how they develop fun lessons, using play, playfulness, and positivity. Visit us at www.ludicpedagogylab.com Cover Art: by israel palacio on Unsplash

  1. Fun in the Wild

    15/07/2025

    Fun in the Wild

    Our guest today is James Hood, lecturer and researcher in Assiniboine College's Land and Water Program: https://assiniboine.net/community/about-us/applied-research/researchers/james-hood-bsc-mnrm From field trips in the wild to dice and matrix games in the classroom he's a true practitioner of Ludic Pedagogy.

    48 min
  2. Fun With AI in a Writing Classroom

    10/06/2025

    Fun With AI in a Writing Classroom

    Our guest today is Dr. Michelle Kassorla, co-author of the book "Serious Play: A Fun Guide to Introducing AI into Your Writing Classroom". Michelle is an associate professor of English at the University of Georgia - Perimeter College who's research interest is in teaching with AI, and the ethical use of AI in Teaching and Research. Her Substack is "The Academic Platypus" and you kind find her book on Amazon.https://substack.com/@mkassorla?utm_source=about-page https://www.amazon.ca/Serious-Play-Introducing-Writing-Classroom/dp/B0DZLM8PXG

    52 min
  3. Fun & Higher Education - A Canadian Student Perspective

    11/02/2025

    Fun & Higher Education - A Canadian Student Perspective

    We're doubling down and talking to Canadian students about fun in higher education. In this episode, we speak with students who've been been fortunate enough to take courses with the authors of "Ludic Pedagogy - A Seriously Fun way to Teach and Learn", Dr. Sharon Lauricella and Dr. Keith Edmunds.

    45 min
  4. A Student Perspective - Fun at 8:00am in a 450 Seat Lecture Theatre

    04/01/2025

    A Student Perspective - Fun at 8:00am in a 450 Seat Lecture Theatre

    We flipped the script! Normally we speak to educators about how and why they build fun into their courses. In this episode we speak with first year students Mariam Olayemi and Nathan Velte from The University of Texas at Austin about how fun helped motivate them to learn the material associated with an 8:00am microeconomics class with over 400 students. We interviewed their professor in an earlier episode of The Ludicast. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2rmCBgpu48hdEI4JFn9VtE?si=ijJURAACTL2-iHyjjGTikg

    34 min
  5. Learning Ludic - Seriously Fun Classrooms

    18/06/2024

    Learning Ludic - Seriously Fun Classrooms

    Co-Founder of Ludic Pedagogy, Dr. Keith Edmunds and I are interviewed by Shaun Cameron about the foundations of Ludic Pedagogy and its use in the classroom.

    34 min
  6. Unlocking Fun

    19/05/2024

    Unlocking Fun

    Our guest today is Dr. Trent Tucker from Thompson Rivers University. Trent is a self-described Quant, and uses fun when teaching courses like Excel, Power bi and Linear Programming. Before transitioning to higher education, he held numerous industry positions. Currently, Dr. Tuckers research interests focus on the scholarship of teaching and learning.

    47 min
  7. The Psychology of Play

    17/03/2024

    The Psychology of Play

    Our guest today is Dr. Thalia R. Goldstein, Associate Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology at George Mason University. In addition to her work in the university classrooms, she directs the Play Lab https://playlab.gmu.edu/, which conducts research that looks both at the effects of engaging in pretend play and theatre on children's social-emotional skills. Dr. Goldstein is also the co-director of the National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab, the Mason Arts Research Center (MasonARC).  If that wasn't enough, she's also a professional actor, dancer, and circus performer/coach. In a previous life Thalia was a competitive gymnast. Dr. Goldstein's current research and interests include projects on: 1) What implicit and explicit teaching strategies the very best acting teachers use with high school students to improve their social and emotional knowledge; 2) How varying levels of embodiment and representation improve children's learning and retention of social and factual information in pretend play; 3) How acting (versus reading) affects children's understanding of mental and emotional states; 4) How moral reasoning may be different for children in the pretend versus real world; 5) How marching band may be an ideal test case for intergroup context and belongingness across racial and ethnic backgrounds; 6) How video game play may be associated with creativity; 7) How children understand, and parents explain, Santa Claus and other cultural characters; 8) How dance experience is associated with affective theory of mind

    1hr 20min
  8. The Serious Side of Fun

    19/02/2024

    The Serious Side of Fun

    Our guests today are Dr. Alexander Ornella and Dr. Bev Orton from Hull University in the United Kingdom. Dr. Ornella is a Senior Lecturer in Religion and the Director for Education and Student Experience. Dr. Orton is a film maker and lecturer in Criminology and Sociology. We discuss the role of fun in tackling serious subjects like discrimination, gender and race. Rise - Short Movie: https://vimeo.com/156050986

    1hr 23min
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In The Ludicast, we engage in conversations with a diverse group of educators, about why and how they develop fun lessons, using play, playfulness, and positivity. Visit us at www.ludicpedagogylab.com Cover Art: by israel palacio on Unsplash

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  • Creator
    Ludic Pedagogy Lab
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
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