Open badges for learning

Great set of slides from Doug Belshaw explaining Open Badges. Can’t help but feel this could be a major win for – in particular – informal learning activity within communities. [slideshare id=22384852&style=border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0;margin-bottom:5px&sc=no] Open badges for learning: a new…

Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: David Wilcox » As the Knowledge Hub faces closure, might a creative Twitter mob help with re-invention? the 73-year old Excel spreadsheet artist Make and share useful lists | Gini Google…

Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Ubuntu 13.04 Review: Linux for the average Joe or Jane Learning Pool Proud Sponsors of BlueLightCamp 2013 Digital Housing Hub welcomes it’s thousandth member! Building a network of trust around the…

Anil Dash – The web we lost

Overall, I’m quite pleased with the response to this conversation about the web we lost because one of my central points is that the arrogance and insularity of the old-guard, conventional wisdom creators of social media, including myself, was one…

Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: MOOC provider EdX goes open source – with an interesting choice of licence Making better choices for the technology we use Remember Ning? Once-buzzy social network has relaunched again as a…

School of digital

SchoolofDigital is bringing together something I’ve been wanting to do for a few years now – effective online training that brings together the advantages of e-learning with the benefits of face to face training. It’s a hard nut to crack,…