Playful Learning 20/21/22 has finished.
Playful Learning 2023 will take place in Leicester, 5-7th July 2023 and we have moved to a new site: Playful Learning Conference 2023
Playful Learning is pitched at the intersection of learning and play for adults. Playful in approach and outlook, yet underpinned by robust research and working practices, we provide a space where teachers, researchers and students can play, learn and think together. A space to meet other playful people and be inspired by talks, workshops, activities and events. In its home at the heart of England in Leicestershire, we have spaces that open the programme up to both indoor and outdoor activities, and evening activities that continue the playful learning and conversations after the formal programme ends.
The next Playful Learning will take place on 5-7 July 2023 in Leicester.
Who is Playful Learning for?
Higher and Further Education teachers, researchers, trainers and students; library, museum and local government education officers; workplace trainers; educational designers; learning technologists; in fact anyone involved in adult learning who has an interest in engaging people through play.
“A really enjoyable conference, lots to take away, think about and work towards.”
“So inspiring. I feel ready to take a few risks outside my comfort zone”
Registration
Registration for 2023 will open in early 2023.
What went on at Playful Learning previously?
Check the active twitter feed from last year’s conference on #playlearn202122 and follow @PlayLearnConf for ongoing news. You can relive the three days of the conference through our official photo’s:
To continue the learning and playing over the year, our presenters are starting to add resources, challenges and thoughts to the 20202122 programme overview: check back regularly for updates!
Have a look through some of the sessions, images and stories from 2019 and previous Playful Learning conferences in our archive.
A special issue of the Journal of Play in Adulthood was curated from the 2019 conference. See https://www.journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk
A special issue of the open Research in Learning Technology journal was curated from the 2017 conference: it’s available free at: https://journal.alt.ac.uk/index.php/rlt/issue/view/122
A special Playful Learning issue of the International Journal of Games Based Learning was curated from the 2016 conference papers (Volume 7, Issue 3).
Key dates for 2023
- Keynotes announced: December 2022
- Call for sessions opens: December 2022
- Registration opens: January 2023
- Conference takes place: 6-8th July 2022
“Workshops and keynotes were equally great”“This is the best conference I have attended in the UK (almost ever)”
– Actual quotes taken from PL feedback
