Badge Platform Questions

10 years ago

A while ago, Doug Belshaw and I were working on the #OB101 course, in order to help others think about OpenBadges…

Maths & English

10 years ago

This thought came out of the table discussion amongst Primary and Secondary teachers. Other subjects deemed less important than Maths…

Feedback…

10 years ago

This thought was mentioned a couple of times. The context of course, was how teachers could provide quick and positive…

Education is what builds community

10 years ago

This was a thought from James Townsend, who works for the Church of England, about just how important education is…

Death of the Saturday Job

10 years ago

What did you learn from your Saturday Job? I used to pick potatoes for my uncle - which taught me…

School and Work

10 years ago

Following some table discussions, this thought emerged about the gap between school and work - and how learning and earning…

Work Experience

10 years ago

This was a comment by Jamie Dunn which resonated with me. Surely there are better ways to give young people…

Social Ties

10 years ago

I really enjoyed listening to George the Poet talk about social ties within the community he grew up - both…

So… how’s it going? (growing a social business)

10 years ago

I wrote this visual poem in 2014 when the social business I had founded (wapisasa) and its vision were struggling - I…

Lifelong learning

10 years ago

This thought came as a result of an event organised by NIACE, and was comment made by their CEO, David…