Bryan Mathers

Data in Oppressive Regimes

At Mozfest, I participated in a discussion on the use (monitoring / controlling / blocking) of data in oppressive regimes.…

7 years ago

Equity Unbound

It was great to be back at Mozfest this weekend. And whaddayaknow, I got the chance to catch the #unboundeq (equity…

7 years ago

Penguin Against Plastic

Penguin Against Plastic says: Give plastic the flipper!

7 years ago

A very troublesome border

"...because division is what borders do best..." This illustration is from my newsletter. You should really subscribe. It's full of pictures.…

7 years ago

Here may lie an Open Badge programme. Time for a pre-mortem…

Last week I was facilitating a Think-a-thon with a WeAreOpen client in Edinburgh alongside co-op member Grainne Hamilton. We were…

7 years ago

19 Alternative Anniversaries

We're married 19 years - what is that? Nearly Sapphire? Stainless Steel? Blotting paper? This year, instead of writing me…

7 years ago

Blues Brother, Soul Sister

As my head hasn't really returned from holidays yet, the rest of me is very susceptible to falling down a…

7 years ago

Stand in their shoes

"We're going to start issuing digital badges." Great. Make sure you stand in the shoes of the people you intend…

7 years ago

Our tools shape us

A library of code, a palette of brushes, a diary of thoughts, a schedule of plans, a smorgasbord of apps,…

7 years ago

The Starfish Model

I've come across a few versions of the Retrospective Starfish, but I saw it being used via twitter, and wondered…

8 years ago

OER19 revisited…

I'm already looking forward to OER19, and I'm delighted that it will take place in the motherland. Aye. Of course,…

8 years ago

Problematic Portraits

It seems that practically the whole of the known internet (more than 5 people) is busy doodling portraits of Colin…

8 years ago

Sparks of Openness

Working in the open - it often feels counter-intuitive. What if someone criticises my half-baked idea? What if they make it…

8 years ago

Embed Practice

Whilst prepping for a design-a-thon for a digital literacies MOOC for teachers with my We Are Open colleagues, we talked…

8 years ago

GD;PR

Did you need some GDPR artwork to brighten up your life? No, I didn't think so...

8 years ago

Moodlenet user testing

I’ve been participating in a Moodlenet design sprint (based on this process) all week facilitated by the wonderful people at…

8 years ago

Distribution of Innovation

Together with Doug Belshaw and WeAreOpen Co-op I've been working a micro-credentialing project with the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C. On the second day…

8 years ago

Adventures in Blockchain!

Anywhere there's innovation being touted, good ol' Blockchain won't be far away. There's no end to the possible adventurin'. Embrace…

8 years ago

SATs – they don’t tell you.

Meaningless, meaningless all is meaningless... ...and mildly oppressive. Does a filter bubble exist where everyone in it thinks SATs are actually…

8 years ago

It’s not the only way…

If you look around the tech sector, it would be easy to think that this was the only model of…

8 years ago

We make this road by walking

Catherine Cronin put me on to the book "We make the road by walking" by Paulo Freire and Miles Horton.…

8 years ago

Pedagogies of Disruption as Resistance

Listening to Momodou Sallah's keynote at OER18 instantly transported me back to my days living and working in Dar es…

8 years ago

Continually becoming…

My sketchnote from Catherine Cronin's talk at #OER18. I was reflecting to another attendee afterwards that I find some talks…

8 years ago

Digital Alchemy

One of the Digital-Alchemists-in-Residence at #OER18 has to Alan Levine - so when this phrase was used in their session,…

8 years ago