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Dr Daisy Abbott
@daisyabbott.bsky.social
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Playful & Game-based learning specialist. Interdisciplinary researcher. Serious games for research skills and researcher development. SFHEA, CeLP, PhD.
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samplereality.bsky.social
CFP for a special issue of Eludamos. What are antifascist games? Proposal deadline is December 19.
eludamos.org/index.php/el...
Special Issue: WHAT ARE ANTIFASCIST GAMES? | Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture
eludamos.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
justicar.xyz Glenn White @justicar.xyz · 4d
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
maxnichols.bsky.social Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · 4d
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
A wee trailer for the about-to-be-released interactive 3D model of the Empire Exhibition of 1938. The original modelling of all these pavilions was done in 2007. This new app incorporates archival materials and quotes from contemporary Glaswegians.
#Glasgow #history #research #playfulLearning #3D
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
I'm hoping that by the end of the day I'll be able to make a live link for you to download an amazing interactive 3D model and tour of the Empire Exhibition of 1938... Folks interested in #history of #empire and #Glasgow watch this space!

More info here: sit.gsa.ac.uk/project/deco...
Title screen of Empire Retold interactive application. Menu screen for Empire Retold application showing the six 'guided tours' around the model. Scene from the 3D model of the Empire Exhibition of 1938 showing Tait's Tower in the background.
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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lauraestill.bsky.social
Out now!

The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself

And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...

Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
a handsome book cover: The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities in Practice ; blue at top and bottom and with ethereal black and white and rainbow edged dots evoking information transfer (shaped like a long fish's tail, perhaps). Edited by Constance Crompton, Laura Estill, Richard J. Lane, and Ray Siemens
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
Is anyone else on bluesky interested in games for peace education? I'm thinking of setting up a feed - if you know people or existing feeds of relevance please tag them in a reply.

#peace #education #GBL #SeriousGames #PeaceEducation #edusky #academicSky
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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sandra-abegglen.bsky.social
Here are some fantastic educational card decks to explore:

ANALOG inspiration: www.analoginspiration.ai
TALON Card Deck: taloncloud.ca/TLN-Card-Deck
Active Learning: activelearning.assett.buffscreate.net
Alignment: www.recombinanteducation.com/cards/

Start playing!
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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ruaridhdall.bsky.social
First publication from my PhD project up for early viewing online in the European Journal of Dental Education. Very thankful for the supervision and collaboration from Jaya Jayasinghe, @daisyabbott.bsky.social, George Cherukara, & Paul Bond.

doi.org/10.1111/eje....
Scoping Literature Review of Digital Empathy Games in Healthcare Education and Training
Introduction The study of serious games and their ability to develop empathy in users is a developing area of research. Empathy is recognised as being important to the practice of patient-centered h.....
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November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
Really glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback.
sghetorg.bsky.social South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust @sghetorg.bsky.social · 11d
#Glasgow850 Caught 'Empire Retold' project's display @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC building today (ends tomorrow) ~ the polyvocal approach to story collecting is long overdue & character/quote cards you can play with an inspired move ~ fantastic all round @daisyabbott.bsky.social @sit-gsa.bsky.social
Section of a display panel titled 'Different Stories, Multiple Perspectives' outlining the polyvocal approach the Empire Retold project took to both collating interviews and quotes from members of the Glasgow community who took part in project workshops, as well as in their historical research. Selection of character cards and quote cards that users can select from to then see what characters they identify with and what quotes they would agree or disagree with. There are potentially many levels and different ways of playing this game, helping open up spaces for people to think through their own views and those of others in new and different ways.
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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susanjordan.bsky.social
BBC News - Game designers bring to life to Scotland's mysterious Picts - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Game designers bring to life to Scotland's mysterious Picts
Writers and archaeologists also worked on a new guide to a lost early medieval Scottish society.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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jesthehuman.itch.io
Games against Genocide Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!

There are 50 TTRPGs to discover for a $10+ donation to @doctorswithoutborders.org and their Palestinian relief efforts.

Purchase the bundle here: tiltify.com/@jesthehuman...
there are watermelons on the side of the graphic and in the middle there is text that says games against genocide charity bundle via tiltify
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
Fantastic presentation by Rana Ahmed Amin on "Playing for Peace", #gameBasedLearning for inclusion of minorities and refugees. More of her work here: actegypt.org/tool-kits/

#peaceEducation #gbl #playfulLearning
Photo of some cards from Komsha, a game for creating empathy with South Sudanese refugees using traditional dishes. Game by https://actegypt.org/tool-kits/
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
Really fantastic workshop using the Participation Compass, part of a toolkit from d-lab.mit.edu

A very valuable tool for planning participatory #research.

#iceri2025
Photo of mapping benefits and barriers to participation in a research project.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
Today I will present our work on POLYVOCAL HISTORIES THROUGH AUGMENTED REALITY at #iceri2025

It will be a whistle-stop tour through why I think #AugmentedReality is a particularly good delivery technology for complex and/or contested knowledge.

#academicSky #playfulLearning #gbl #eduSky
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
It was lovely to launch our Ceasefire! #seriousGame on Friday, a collaboration between @uofglasgow.bsky.social @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social and Education Evolved.

#gbl #peaceEducation #games #playfulLearning #seriousGames
Photo of the launch event for ceasefire serious game.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
Delighted to share that the Open Research Games Portal by @forrt.bsky.social is now live! You can browse #Games4Research and #OpenScience and add your pedagogical feedback, even add your own #research games.

forrt.org/games/

#GameBasedLearning #GameStudies #acadmicSky #eduSky
Open Research Games Portal
Integrating open and reproducible science into higher education
forrt.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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stevecooke.org
Every time discover a new piece on the dangers of LLMs, particularly for research and teaching, I add it to a Zotero library. I figure that I might as well share it, so here's my library of Cautionary AI Tales: www.zotero.org/groups/62758...
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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garius.bsky.social
The number of people between 16 and 34 who died or were injured in a work-related incident increased by 76% between 1939 and 1946
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
Exhibition opens on Friday!

Empire Retold: Augmented Reality Narratives
6 - 15 Nov, 2025, 10:00 - 19:30
The ARC, University of Glasgow

www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/empir...
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,...
www.beinghumanfestival.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
Could you negotiate a ceasefire?

Join us to launch CEASEFIRE! peace game, developed at U of Glasgow with @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social, Education Evolved, Floating Designer, ceasefire experts, and youth peacebuilders.

7 Nov 2-3:30, in person/online.

Email [email protected].
November 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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lostglasgow.bsky.social
'I just have talent, Margaret has genius.' CRM
duille.com Duille @duille.com · Oct 20
Sexist headline of the week.

A work by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh has been sold at auction and a Scottish newspaper decided to report this by referring to her as ‘wife of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’.
October 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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daisyabbott.bsky.social
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
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,...
www.beinghumanfestival.org
September 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
Join the launch of the CEASEFIRE! peace game project at University of Glasgow on 7 November 2025.

2-3 pm GMT. Advanced Research Centre University of Glasgow or online.
Followed by a reception and a chance to play-test the game (for those in person).

All welcome.

#GBL #SeriousGames #research
A poster with text reading: Just over one week left until we launch the CEASEFIRE! peace game project at University of Glasgow on 7 November 2025. The main event takes place 2-3 pm GMT. This will be followed by a reception and a chance to play-test the game (for those in person). All are welcome. Join us in the Advanced Research Centre University of Glasgow or online. Email Rebecca.sutton@glasgow.ac.uk for Zoom link. w/ Education Evolved Ltd. Daisy Abbott & Sarah Ahmad, supported by UofGGamesLab.
October 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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brickingglasgow.bsky.social
Glasgow’s famous Duke of Wellington statue.
#Lego #Glasgow
www.etsy.com/shop/Brickin...
October 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
daisyabbott.bsky.social
#playfulLearning #GBL #gamesStudies #research
gameresearchlab.bsky.social Game Research Lab @gameresearchlab.bsky.social · Oct 27
A reminder of our open call for postdoctoral researchers focusing on cultural game studies, closing on Friday this week, 31 October at 23.59.00 EET / UTC+2 (Finland time): tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)
tuni.rekrytointi.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM