Category: #TOLC

Linear vs Non-linear learning

I don’t think we learn well in straight lines – at least I don’t. To learn is to understand, to understand is to explore in multiple directions multiple times. What I bring to a learning experience is different to what everybody else brings, because we have all had different experiences. Maybe our education system is…
The Digital Skills Sandwich

The Digital Skills Sandwich illustrates how a fluid de-centralised community approach to badging could fit between the underlying Mozilla web literacy map and an overlying recognition element, in this case a vocational qualification such as an apprenticeship.
Digital Transformation Machine

This drawing was generated as a result of a great round table discussion by Digital Colleges, hosted by IBM.
The ETAG challenge

This image was the result of the inception meeting of the Education Technology Action Group (ETAG), with Michael Gove and Matt Hancock setting the scene.
The Learning Black Market

Here’s a visual thought I captured from a speaker at the ALTC conference, Catherine Cronin – “…students navigate for themselves the gulf between formal and informal learning…”
Downes Theory of Education

I’ve always found Stephen Downes weekly summary of all things learning tech related a source for all sorts of goodies. Here’s one of his statements that I thought deserved an visualisation.
Reinventing yourself…

A thought captured from the Connected Courses project (connectedcourses.net) following a comment from Meredith Broussard – which struck a chord with me…
What teaching is not

This was a thought I came across whilst listening to Graham Brown-Martin’s Learning {re}visited interview with Sir Ken Robinson – who seems to talk a lot of sense.
Online learning is an entitlement

This image was produced for Education Technology Action Group ETAG report (etag.report) and shared at the BETT show in London.
What if assessment was designed around me?

This image was produced for Education Technology Action Group ETAG report (etag.report) and shared at the BETT show in London.
Education – a thought by a bright spark

This image originally credited the statement to W.B.Yeats – although as it turns out (thanks to @edutopia) it’s more likely to have come from Plutarch…
Students and Teachers learn through doing

I met @urban_teacher at Mozfest a couple of years ago, and following a recent conversation (always inspirational…), thought that this thought deserved to be brought to life. For what its worth, I enjoy learning by doing, which usually involves making plenty of mistakes along the way.