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…

10 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…

10 years ago

Living

This is a short visual poem to myself...

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 years ago

Silo

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

10 years ago

The Hunch

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

10 years ago

Real IQ…

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

10 years ago

Innovation

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

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 years ago