Bryan Mathers

Badge Pathways

Here's some thinking on using visual metaphors for badge pathways as a result of some remote workshop thinkery at ISTE.

9 years ago

Facepalm

What? We're out of the EU? <facepalm>

9 years ago

Brexit: The nation speaks

I think we'll be trying to figure out what the nation actually said for many years to come. That's if…

9 years ago

Lies…

If I was democracy, I'd be pretty pissed off - getting trotted out once in a generation only to be…

9 years ago

All lies and jest…

In order to be a leader, you need to acquire a following. In order to acquire a common following, you…

9 years ago

The trio of entitled tossers

Much to my disappointment, it looks like this book is set to be written after all.  

9 years ago

A weblike existence

“The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect — to…

9 years ago

The four freedoms of free software

The four freedoms of free software - from GNU.org Created for "3 ways Open Badges work like the Web" a…

9 years ago

Living

This is a short visual poem to myself...

9 years ago

Brexit Graph of Trust

Sorry to get all political on you, but seriously, those guys? They're not campaigning for the UK to leave the…

9 years ago

Properties of Open Badges

What distinguishes Open Badges from other types of badges? Did I mention that they're open, so you can take them…

9 years ago

A fishy business model…

The next time you bump into Graham Brown-Martin, ask him to tell you about what’s happening in Africa with regard…

9 years ago

We are Open

When some ex-Mozilla collaborative ninjas (Doug, John, Laura) asked if I was interested in forming a co-operative, I had to…

9 years ago

Meeting around a document

What's the agenda of your meeting? Is it to say clever things - or to build clever things. If you're…

9 years ago

Social Purpose

With the genesis of the Wapisasa concept in my head, I was keen to use a different model. A people-first…

9 years ago

Mocial skills…

Sheesh! Is there anything more annoying than someone who doesn't know how to turn off the clicky noise their phone…

9 years ago

Silo

I caught Brian Lamb talking about learning platform silos at this Disruptive Media Learning Lab event recently. It's time to…

9 years ago

The Hunch

How little we know of the opportunities life has ahead of us. I often follow my hunch - that warm…

9 years ago

Real IQ…

IQ - a measure of smartness? Or just one form of smartness? What does smart even mean? Here's a thought…

9 years ago

Innovation

“I don’t know if I even believe in innovation”. The words escaped my mouth at an event I was speaking…

9 years ago

Different isn’t wrong

When I lived in Tanzania, I had to keep reminding myself of this. So much of what felt wrong was…

9 years ago

Pull yourself together

In the last couple of years I've increasingly reflected on my own mental health, and those of the people I…

9 years ago

Open Badges – can you take them with you?

How do we capture a richer picture of our skills and abilities, so that you can take them with you…

9 years ago

An oppressive education

To love learning. Is this not the very purpose of life? But this is the stuff you need to know — just…

9 years ago