New on our (new) blog: some reflections on how we're helping Amnesty International UK set up a new community platform blog.weareopen.coop/conscious-di...

You're not imagining it, our blog looks different because we've moved to Ghost! blog.weareopen.coop Check out that sweet sweet three-column layout! (Thesis theme)

Many thanks to @helenbeetham.bsky.social for inviting me onto her podcast to talk about #AI and #DigitalLiteracy - but also ambiguity, vibe coding, and the importance of play. helenbeetham.substack.com/p/doug-belsh... Image CC BY-ND @visualthinkery.bsky.social for @weareopen.coop

New on the blog: Gaps in AI Literacy provision blog.weareopen.coop/gaps-in-ai-l... #AILiteracy #AI #Education

New on the blog.... AI Literacy or AI Literacies? Exploring the plural, context-dependent, and socially-negotiated nature of new literacies blog.weareopen.coop/ai-literacy-...

Core Values for #AILiteracy: Embedding Ethics for Audiences aged 14–19 blog.weareopen.coop/core-values-...

What makes for a good #AILiteracy framework? blog.weareopen.coop/what-makes-f...

What’s the Difference Between WCAG, the EAA, and EN 301 549? Complex topic indeed. I love a good food metaphor, so here we go: - WCAG is the cookbook that tells you how to prepare accessible digital content. - The EAA is the food safety law: it makes serving accessible content mandatory in the EU.

What does #AILiteracy look like for young people aged 14–19? blog.weareopen.coop/what-does-ai...

What does #AILiteracy look like for young people aged 14–19? blog.weareopen.coop/what-does-ai...

The final post in a series highlighting the key points from a report that @weareopen.coop wrote on #microcredentials for the Irish National Digital Leadership Network (NDLN) blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re... #OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #OpenRecognition #DigitalBadges #DigitalCredentials

Part 6 of a seven-part series teasing out the main parts of an NDLN report into #microcredentials blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re... #OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #OpenRecognition #DigitalBadges #DigitalCredentials

Post 5 of 7 just dropped highlighting key points from @weareopen.coop's #Microcredentials report for N-TUTORR's #NDLN (launch event today!) blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re... #VerifiableCredentials #OpenBadges #DigitalBadges #DigitalCredentials

Our third FAAFO session is coming up this Thursday. Why not join us? lu.ma/v3g1qzlk #AI #AILiteracy

Trends shaping the future of #microcredentials blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re... This is Part 4 (of 7!) in our series sharing insights from the NDLN report which will be released later this week. #VerifiableCredentials #OpenBadges #DigitalBadges

Part 3 of our seven(!) part series introducing a new report on digital and micro credentials for the NDLN is now out: blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re... @ntutorr.ie #VerifiableCredentials #OpenBadges #OpenRecognition #Microcredentials #DigitalBadges

DID YOU KNOW it’s National #AILiteracy Day (in the US) on Friday? We’re running a session: lu.ma/lm657f0p

The second in a series of posts highlighting themes from our NDLN report on #microcredentials blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re... #OpenRecognition #OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #DigitalCredentials #DigitalBadges

Last call for FAAFO in a few hours' time lu.ma/fstk9rwl #AI #AILiteracy

We recently authored a report for the Irish NDLN on the transformative potential of micro and digital credentialing in recognising learning and achievements. blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re... #Microcredentials #DigitalCredentials #OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #OpenREcognition #DigitalBadges

We're running our second FAAFO session soon. Why not sign up, come along, and enjoy a supported space to experiment with new technologies? #AI lu.ma/fstk9rwl

60 people have registered for this #AI + #OpenEducation session tomorrow. Wanna join them? lu.ma/mak647t1

Just hit the button on Part 4 of a series we've been writing @weareopen.coop on activism and AI. It's an accompaniment to research we did with Friends of the Earth Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice. Full series linked at the top of this final post! blog.weareopen.coop/how-to-be-an...

Our own @dougbelshaw.com is collaborating with @angelagunder.bsky.social next month on a couple of #AILiteracies -related sessions. They're free to attend! You should come along 😀 blog.weareopen.coop/exploring-th...

Thursday 6th March - the @weareopen.coop crew is running the first of our FAAFO session. Tickets are £25: lu.ma/gkbv78pu

Amnesty International UK are hiring for an Online Community Manager!

Join us at the top of the hour for the Open Recognition is for Everybody (ORE) community call. All welcome! lu.ma/qkhp92r6 #OpenRecognition #OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #DigitalBadges #Microcredentials

This will be fun.

New on the @weareopen.coop blog, Part 3 of our #AI series accompanying our Friends of the Earth report on Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice. Today we pull out some starting principles for ethical AI

We've been noodling on a new domain which pulls together some of our work around #DigitalCredentials digitalcredentials.fyi #OpenBadges #DigitalBadges #OpenRecognition #Microcredentials

Big tech might be ignoring the systemic complexities of the #AI conversation, but we're not. Part 2 in the @weareopen.coop series to go with our recent Friends of the Earth report: blog.weareopen.coop/systemic-com...

We're happy for feedback on our Understanding Predominant Narratives in AI post and/or the Friends of the Earth report we're sharing there!

Experiment #8 is a concise ebook about #SystemsThinking based on the blog posts I wrote during the first year of my MSc ko-fi.com/s/128e2c4f95

I haven't actually read all of this @weareopen.coop report done for Friends of the Earth but it's really interesting. A lot of smart points about agency and power and tech. Not sure the debate is "polarised"- the AI-critical position seems very much in the tiny minority More thoughts once I'm done!

We've updated https://ailiteracy.fyi to link to our recent Friends of the Earth report:

New on the blog this week: Our first in a series summarizing key concepts in our new report for Friends of the Earth on Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice:

TODAY we've had a report on 'Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice' published by Friends of the Earth @epilepticrabbit.bsky.social, one of the authors, has created a four-part blog post series, pulling out some of the key themes. Part 1: blog.weareopen.coop/understandin...

Experiment #4 is a collaboration with @epilepticrabbit.bsky.social on a @weareopen.coop merch store - STICKERS! weareopen-shop.fourthwall.com Features images created over the years by @visualthinkery.bsky.social for WAO.

A Constructive Approach to #AI Literacies blog.weareopen.coop/a-constructi... (our Friends of the Earth article on "Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice" is due to be published on Monday)

Yesterday @weareopen.coop learned that we were successful at pulling in an activist community project for a well known international NGO. I couldn't be happier and will continue to use my expertise and connections to make sure that we all have the community support we need to fight the good fight.

New on the blog: Towards an Open Recognition Wallet blog.weareopen.coop/towards-an-o... #OpenRecognition #VerifiableCredentials #OpenBadges #DigitalBadges #Microcredentials

New on the blog: Towards an Open Recognition Wallet blog.weareopen.coop/towards-an-o... #OpenRecognition #VerifiableCredentials #OpenBadges #DigitalBadges #Microcredentials

New on the blog: our 'Hamming' questions for 2025 blog.weareopen.coop/getting-this...

We've started the year thinking about 'Hamming Questions'. We'll be sharing more in an upcoming blog post, but what would *yours* be? www.lesswrong.com/posts/P5k3PG...

Our most popular posts of 2024! 🎉 blog.weareopen.coop/our-most-pop...

Check out our Christmas-themed end of year #retrospective, newly-added to our 'Learn with WAO' site: https://buff.ly/4gg7OIl #Christmas #retrospective #whimsy #fun

What do you mean you haven't heard of the Strategic Starfish? Get that fixed, now! https://buff.ly/3IIPWaC #strategy #collaboration #retrospective

It's been a few months since we recorded our last #podcast episode, but it was a banger! https://buff.ly/4eZJmtU #books #recommendations #productivity #poetry #yoga

Great ideas stand the test of time! Re-sharing our popular post on building authentic, thriving online communities https://buff.ly/3ZcDirW #CommunityBuilding #Collaboration #AuthenticityMatters #OpenSource

We fully agree with this. We’ve had to back out of so many because we can’t afford to drop everything and spend days writing something as a company of two, shelling out for consultants to write these is also difficult. But we can do the work, we’re cheaper and we probably care more.