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Commoditised Learning
What if Amazon did learning? Or at least the Amazon prediction engine. Might a system be able to suggest items of learning based on what others did at a similar point? This thought was picked up later for the FELTAG report.
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Celebrate your Milestones
This thought was created as part of a collaboration between Doug Belshaw and myself. If you haven’t already its worth having a look at Doug’s “Community Alignment Model” – something Doug’s a bit of a master at…
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BBC Badges
This flow was created for Ralph Rivera at the BBC to illustrate how badges could be used to recognise Knowledge, Competence & Character. I’ve always thought the BBC could be an interesting issuer of badges – though I’m possible influenced by the Blue Peter badges…
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Assessment & Pedagogy
Here’s a thought from Bob Harrison, of FELTAG fame. I think its a good one.
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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…
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A Conspiracy of Manipulation
It’s not easy to think for yourself when you’re constantly being manipulated. This visual thought was for a talk I gave to some young people.
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In all things…
“In all things, It’s better to hope than to despair…” Goethe. I saw this thought and had to draw it.
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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…
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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.
Er… hello?
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