“In all things, It’s better to hope than to despair…” Goethe. I saw this thought and had to draw it.
Author: Bryan Mathers
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PISA…
Whilst at BETT this year, I got the opportunity to hear Sir Ken Robinson speak. Here’s one of his off-the-cuff comments about PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) that stuck in my head…
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Linear vs Non-linear learning
I don’t think we learn well in straight lines – at least I don’t. To learn is to understand, to understand is to explore in multiple directions multiple times. What I bring to a learning experience is different to what everybody else brings, because we have all had different experiences. Maybe our education system is too oriented towards credential rather than learning experience…
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The Digital Skills Sandwich
The Digital Skills Sandwich illustrates how a fluid de-centralised community approach to badging could fit between the underlying Mozilla web literacy map and an overlying recognition element, in this case a vocational qualification such as an apprenticeship.
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Wapisasa – a badge-driven apprenticeship
Could a Rookie earn badges, as they progress through their employment at wapisasa? Could these badges that recognise Knowledge, Skills, Character contribute to a raise or a promotion? If we can badge it, we probably should…
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Digital Transformation Machine
This drawing was generated as a result of a great round table discussion by Digital Colleges, hosted by IBM.
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The ETAG challenge
This image was the result of the inception meeting of the Education Technology Action Group (ETAG), with Michael Gove and Matt Hancock setting the scene.
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Getting your idea off the ground
This visual thought was a result of a meeting hosted by the Forward Foundation, including Nominet Trust, Big Lottery, and a number of other social funders. It was an excellent event – and I tried to capture the what all the speakers where saying in order to revisit some parts for my own non-profit, wapisasa.
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Education is Changing
However, here’s a visual thought I captured from a speaker at the ALTC conference, Catherine Cronin, care of a quote by Joi Ito.
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The Learning Black Market
Here’s a visual thought I captured from a speaker at the ALTC conference, Catherine Cronin –
“…students navigate for themselves the gulf between formal and informal learning…”
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Downes Theory of Education
I’ve always found Stephen Downes weekly summary of all things learning tech related a source for all sorts of goodies. Here’s one of his statements that I thought deserved an visualisation.
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Reinventing yourself…
A thought captured from the Connected Courses project (connectedcourses.net) following a comment from Meredith Broussard – which struck a chord with me…