Category: #learning

Assessment & Pedagogy

Here’s a thought from Bob Harrison, of FELTAG fame. I think its a good one.
Credential Monopoly

We’ll it’s alright for me. When I was your age, Higher Education was free. And they gave out grants for living costs. Still, if you’re privileged you’ll probably be ok…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…”
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.
Reinventing yourself…

A thought captured from the Connected Courses project (connectedcourses.net) following a comment from Meredith Broussard – which struck a chord with me…
Learning is a Form of Recognition

This (fairly deep) visual thought is taken from Stephen Downes talk at the Online Educa Berlin Dec 2014 – I thought the roadsigns metaphor would suit the topic at hand…
What teaching is not

This was a thought I came across whilst listening to Graham Brown-Martin’s Learning {re}visited interview with Sir Ken Robinson – who seems to talk a lot of sense.
Online learning is an entitlement

This image was produced for Education Technology Action Group ETAG report (etag.report) and shared at the BETT show in London.