I created this image for Pasi Sahlberg relating to their article in the Washington Post debating the need for PISA – the academic global league table. Read More
Author: Bryan Mathers
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The Fried Egg Model
I’ve been trying to help BETT think about Further Education. In trying to explain how a hybrid approach to an event could work, I inadvertently created the resemblence of a fried egg…
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Standards vs Standardised
This thought tickled me – and maybe it’s a helpful way of explaining the difference between Standards (a good thing) and Standardisation (not necessarily a good thing…)
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A visit to the Tate Modern
A visit to the Tate Modern, and I can’t help but draw some pleasing orange blobs…
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Smart kids go to Uni
Really? Maybe its just privilege, environment, and the ability to conform and perform within the system.
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Recognition of a small step
If we change our outlook from long journeys to small steps how do that effect the landscape of learning that unfolds before us?
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Open Badges
I cant remember where I came across the Maynard Keynes quote, but I immediately thought of the disruption of Education by Open Badge technologies. I was also struck by Bernard Bull’s parallel with the disruption of the Energy market.
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No silver bullet
I was struck by the fact that when applying for funding as a social business, that funders seem to be looking for a silver bullet. Unfortunately, wapisasa is far from a silver bullet, going deep with just a few. However, if there were more wapisasas…
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Mozfest ’15 advert
I love Mozfest – the annual Mozilla festival – so I had to create an advert for it. This is the best I could do in about 15mins…
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More power to your elbow
This visual badge was created so that I could throw it at people in order to encourage them…
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League tables
Well, you’re probably not surprised to hear that I’m not a fan of league tables. I don’t think it drives the right behaviour from schools.
