Bryan Mathers

NGDLE

I've had a few blog posts fly past my nose on twitter recently. So I thought I'd take a day, do…

8 years ago

Don’t touch the wire

I'm helping to run the code club at my kids primary school. Kids being kids, and adults being bombarded with…

8 years ago

A very carroty stick

What, me? Nooooooo, I'm definitely a carrot...

8 years ago

Chameleon Branding

Maybe if we change it to a Union Jack Tree, they'll think we're that too?

8 years ago

I hope this forecast is wrong

I hope this brexit fuelled forecast is wrong.

8 years ago

The Open Web

What is the open web anyway? Maybe the contrast with the closed web is helpful: platform silos, sticky enough to…

8 years ago

Creating the conditions for learning

I was struck by a comment by Will Richardson on twitter this morning, about creating the conditions for learning.

8 years ago

CC attribution

This thinkery about Creative Commons attribution might feel mildly annoying, but when it comes to attributing an author or creator…

9 years ago

Wikipedia – Active vs Passive learning

This off-the-cuff comment by Lucy Crompton-Reid at the recent OER conference resonated with me, and it illustrates one of the…

9 years ago

Have bag; can work…

I carry around a lot of stuff in my bag, and as such I can work from anywhere. Some of…

9 years ago

Co-ops: Spread the word…

I really enjoy being in a Co-op (WeAreOpen.coop), especially when we get together to make something, or think about something.…

9 years ago

CC & Me

I love the idea of the Creative Commons, and the more I create the more of a Commoner I become.…

9 years ago

The OER big wave

Some times I wander around art galleries trying to quickly reproduce what my eye sees. Simply by forging a direct…

9 years ago

Machine Learning

I often listen to podcasts when I'm drawing something. However, recently I tuned into Audrey Watters and Kin Lane's Contrafabulists…

9 years ago

The unwritten books of Dr Belshaw

Conversational thinkery is where it's at. Armed with a pen and paper, there are gems to be uncovered and captured.…

9 years ago

A co-operative state of mind

When a friend of mine asked if I'd be interested in forming a Co-op, I had to admit, I'd never…

9 years ago

And a leafy pint to you!

I must be getting old. I've really enjoyed watching Ireland in The Six Nations rugby - its my favourite sporting…

9 years ago

Issuing Open Badges

What gives an open badge value? Well, apart from the fact that value is a conversation between two parties, I…

9 years ago

The Radical

Speak out. Listen. A radical must do both... I was first introduced to Paulo Freire by my wife, who asked…

9 years ago

The Recursive Spiral

...following a conversation with writer Ruth Culham about the relationship between formative assessment and instructional decisions— and the learning that…

9 years ago

Keeping badges weird

This thought, born in a session at Mozfest, where Mark Surman related back to the kookiness of the origins of…

9 years ago

The Elephant in the Classroom…

I have to say - I hadn't even thought about this. As an adult I'm very aware of what light…

9 years ago

Stickerful People

What's the collective noun for doodles? An infusion? A gung-ho of doodlewry? I thought so. One of the highlights of…

9 years ago

My Workspace

Whilst slacking in the Creative Commons Slack channel, a few people were sharing their remote working setups (or for distributed…

9 years ago