At the recent Creative Commons Summit in Lisbon, I tuned in to all sorts of insight from all sorts of…
Over the last month or two, I've taken part in Doug Belshaw's book group. The book-in-question being Cal Newport's Digital…
Last week I was facilitating a Think-a-thon with a WeAreOpen client in Edinburgh alongside co-op member Grainne Hamilton. We were…
Working in the open - it often feels counter-intuitive. What if someone criticises my half-baked idea? What if they make it…
I’ve been participating in a Moodlenet design sprint (based on this process) all week facilitated by the wonderful people at…
Doug Belshaw has been experimenting recently with ZeroNet, a way of hosting a website, distributed amongst peers (using BitTorrent and…
Desired Experience: Swift Or Objective C, JavaScript, Cordova, Angular... I've always thought that one of the most obvious areas ripe…
What gives an open badge value? Well, apart from the fact that value is a conversation between two parties, I…
If you're interested in Open Badges, you've probably asked the question well who's using them? The team at We Are…
Some days, it's just not happening. So I remind myself of the process. 1. Go to trello. 2. Organise the…
How I work has changed massively over the past ten years. Okay, so now I draw pictures, whereas I used to…
How open is your organisation? Is it moving in the right direction? Need some help?
I couldn't make it to ISTE 2016, so instead I joined Doug Belshaw, Noah Geisel and Ian O'Byrne remotely for…
A beach is a place of wonder - I'm never happier than when on a beach. An endless supply of…
I've been thinking about Cooperative business models recently, thanks to Doug Belshaw and John Bevan. Engaging with different ideas means…
Every time I find myself on a beach, I'll be looking for a pebble that catches my eye. I'll pick…
Open Badges seem so simple, don't they? But wait - don't make assumptions - ask questions! They've got stuff inside.…
This week, the team at the University of Southampton organised an excellent Open Badge conference, which I really enjoyed taking…
It's easy to talk about open badges without really understanding what's inside (it’s just a digital badge, right?) There’s actually…
Due to the nature of the system, we start with the Credential and work backwards. Ah. This is further illustrated…
Dr. Doug Belshaw and I got together to think visually about Open Badges resulting in the blog post "3 reasons…
With any solution there are often three different approaches: bespoke, modular and off-the-shelf. Choosing the most appropriate path is more…
A while ago, Doug Belshaw and I were working on the #OB101 course, in order to help others think about OpenBadges…