Open Education at a Crossroads

2 weeks ago
Bryan Mathers

I’ve really enjoyed capturing keynotes and conversations live. It involves being playfully curious about what’s being communicated, and wondering how…

Art vs. Idea

2 months ago

I met Grayson Perry at an event once. When he was asked what is art? He responded by saying that…

A Typology of Interpersonal Recognition

2 months ago

Back in the old days of social media, h/t was a thing. (I remember having to ask what it meant...)…

The Meaning of Recognition

2 months ago

I think in the early days of thinking about open credentialing, I got fixated on the credential part. The proof…

How you made them feel

2 months ago

I was listening to a politics podcast at the beginning of last week (weren't we all?) and a cursory reference…

Microcredentials and Recognition

2 months ago

Hidden in conversation are a whole host of metaphors, which are pictorial clues to the stories being told. Contrasting two…

Elements of a badging policy

3 months ago

What creates the spark behind an illustration? There's nothing I love better than playing idea ping-pong with a co-collaborator. This…

The AI arms race

5 months ago

It seems that somebody somewhere is using new and sneaky ways of getting messages into my inbox. Will AI's many…

Permission Slip

6 months ago

I was giving a public talk at a Life Sciences museum in Göttingen, Germany earlier this year. Over a hundred…

Facepalm

7 months ago

I created this thinkery in June 2016. That's probably all you need to know. <cough> Brexit <cough>