Thinkery

Here is the archive of open visual thinkery in chronological order.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Digital Transformation Machine

    This drawing was generated as a result of a great round table discussion by Digital Colleges, hosted by IBM.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…