More power to your elbow

11 years ago

This visual badge was created so that I could throw it at people in order to encourage them...

League tables

11 years ago

Well, you're probably not surprised to hear that I'm not a fan of league tables. I don't think it drives…

I always did well at school

11 years ago

A little bit tongue in cheek here, I know, but do you ever get the feeling that it's very hard for…

Getting your idea off the ground

11 years ago

I spoke recently at the ALT conference, where the theme was "riding the wave of innovation" - I always like…

Formative vs Summative

11 years ago

Steve Wheeler wrote a blogpost a while back and this phase about Formative and Summative assessment caught my eye. It's…

Education prised open

11 years ago

Recently, I was asked to speak at Coventry University's Disruptive Media Lab Open week. Another of the speakers was Nishant…

Education may be linear

11 years ago

The older I get, the more I am aware of the multidirectional aspects of learning. I like to explore and…

Different isn’t wrong

11 years ago

When I lived in East Africa, this was a mantra of a wise ex-pat I once knew. I find it…

Commoditised Learning

11 years ago

What if Amazon did learning? Or at least the Amazon prediction engine. Might a system be able to suggest items…

Celebrate your Milestones

11 years ago

This thought was created as part of a collaboration between Doug Belshaw and myself. If you haven't already its worth…