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Some articles, blog posts, and other writing

2023 » Making Sense of Digital Credential Data Standards (PDF)
2022 » Credentials to Employment: The Last Mile (PDF)
2020 » Building The Digital Credential Infrastructure For The Future (PDF)
2020 » A few simple tips for better online meetings
2019 » Design Considerations of a Digital Identity Systems for Refugees (PDF for UNHCR; with Sanjay Sarma)
2018 » Home of the Curious - Eine Reise in die (nicht nur) digitale Zukunft des Lernens (PDF, German)
2017 » Firetrucks on Ivory Towers (Brookings Institution, PDF)
2017 » Digitalisierung an Deutschen Hochschulen - Mehr Planen oder Einfach Mal Machen? (German)
2017 » The Open Leadership Camp (Medium)
2017 » Credentials, Reputation, and the Blockchain (EDUCAUSE Review)
2016 » Creative Learning and the Future of Work (with Mitch Resnick, Joi Ito)
2016 » The Promises and Challenges of Digital Credentialing (with Chelsea Barabas)
2015 » Video and Online Learning: Critical Reflections and Findings from the Field (SSRN)
2015 » Promoting Playful Learning through/in Teacher Networks (Edutopia)
2015 » Mozilla Developer Institute (just an idea)
2014 » Learning Creative Learning: How we tinkered with MOOCs (PDF)
2014 » From Courses to Communities (DML Central)
2014 » Connecting Adult Learners (DML Central)
2013 » How to Build a Project
2013 » Unhangout (DML Central)
2012 » Analytics and the art of learning (P2PU blog)

Talks

Sep 2023 » (Micro) Credentials – Old and New Ways of Communicating Skills, Competencies, Achievements, and Abilities (slides) -- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Digital Learning Summit, Keynote
Jun 2017 » Hacker Culture and Public Education -- NextLibrary 2017, Keynote
Dec 2016 » How MIT Really Learns -- Online Educa 2016, Spotlight Talk
Mar 2015 » Learning over Education -- Chang School Talks @ Ryerson University, Toronto
Jan 2015 » Online learning at the public library (Knight News Challenge) -- American Library Association, Chicago
Sep 2013 » Reclaiming Open Learning: A Stake in the Ground (moderator) -- Reclaim Open Learning Symposium, UC Irvine
Jul 2013 » MOOCs and other recent innovations in online learning -- Edulearn 2013, Keynote