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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 9d

It's not unusual for my sense-making cartooning process to produce rhyming triplets it seems...

Created along with some other AI reflections for the Visual Thinker > buff.ly/LIXLRwQ
#ai #cartoon

Computer says No. Search says Go. AI says hello!

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 16d

Sometimes a contrast just presents itself - embedded within a conversation... I enjoyed sense-making with the Mycelial Network at a two-day gathering of people involved in Community Asset Development - distilling out conversational themes as they surfaced...

An cartoon by Bryan Mathers, Visual Thinkery showing a signpost with "Change maker" written below contrasted with a wooden fence with "Gatekeeper" written below.

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 17d

Monday's webinar on Carbon Finance and Climate Action expertly facilitated by Fauna & Flora, Plan Vivo, and Level was bursting with ideas! — here’s how the visual sense-making evolved in real time...

Reposted by Bryan Mathers

WIP Comics @wipcomics.bsky.social · Aug 24

Now only £27 left on Kickstarter to make our WIP Infinity book happen!

Put us over the top and win our limitless gratitude!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

∞: The new WIP Comics Anthology

∞ (infinity/loop/ouroboros) is the new group anthology from WIP Comics, a UK-based community of independent comic creators.

www.kickstarter.com

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Dr Maren Deepwell @marendeepwell.bsky.social · Aug 19

Love the artwork for @www.reclaimhosting.com ‘s conference created by @visualthinkery.bsky.social . 📮Submissions are open now, submission deadline extended to 15 September 🙌

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Leigh Graves Wolf @gravesle.bsky.social · Jul 23

Very happy to share this open access publication from myself, @sheenahyland.bsky.social & @geraldineoneill.bsky.social in Educational Action Research - featuring visuals from our collaboration with @visualthinkery.bsky.social

Embracing uncertainty: action research and the collaborative development of an assessment for inclusion framework

This paper details a collaborative action research journey undertaken by three educational developers to create an Assessment for Inclusion (AfI) framework at a large Irish university. While the re...

www.tandfonline.com

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jul 22

Delighted to see Leigh, Geraldine and Sheena's work on Assessment for Inclusion published. Here's a visual thought to emerge from the project:

Research buff.ly/jYk9L0a

@gravesle.bsky.social @geraldineoneill.bsky.social @sheenahyland.bsky.social

Cartoon, Emoji faces stacked on top of each other in a staggering pile. The emojis at the bottom of the pile are red with sad and disappointed faces, in the middle of the pile they are orange with neutral expressions, and at the top they are yellow smiling happily. hand drawn black Text to the middle right of pile reads "The issue with ranking".

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jul 21

Make your research come alive with Visual Thinkery - this time using the playful mask of a cartoon character to explore a very serious topic: different types of PhD supervisors!
(created for GO-GN Guide to Doctoral Supervision) with @rfarrow.bsky.social.

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Cartoon, ten penguins stand next to each other in two rows of five. Each has their own prop and/or costume relating to their title. The first row of penguins (from left to right) are labelled "The pragmatist, The Philospher, The Unknown, The Explorer and The Maverick." The second row "The Famous Scientist, The Absent Minded Professor, The Wizard, The Maestro and The Master."

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jul 17

Recently, I've really enjoyed stepping into academic researcher's worlds to bring their thinking and findings to life, like this collaboration with @gravesle.bsky.social and @geraldineoneill.bsky.social at University College Dublin, around their work on Educator use of GenAI.

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Cartoon, a man holds a human skull to his eye-level and says "To use GenAI or not to use GenAI that is the question..."

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Doug Belshaw @dougbelshaw.com · Jul 15

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

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jul 8

What an interesting little tool!

#DailyRemix by Galgalon

Here's a link to the O'meter Remix:
buff.ly/k4dU4TB

Cartoon, o-meter tool labelled "Fan-o-Meter" Split into seven sections labelled (Starting left to right) "Epic, Based, Chill, Average, Cringe, Pathetic, Braindead". The needle of the o-meter is pointing to section "Epic" at the bottom left. The band of colour behind the sections of the o-meter is a gradient of bright leaf green to fire engine red.

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jul 7

Ladders, see-saws, giant gas planets and blue whales. Just a few visual metaphors used in this fascinating report on Fiscal Hosting by the Thirty Percy Foundation. It was a pleasure to work with their team!

Report >> buff.ly/aFbHHDO

Cartoon, A see-saw with a woman calmly sat on the left side and a man dangling his legs in panic on the right, tipping down to the left and lifting up to the right. Above the woman is text "Power" written in blue. Below the man is text "Risk" written in Red.

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jun 26

The latest edition of the Visual Thinker - about magic hats, HAL9000, cognitive amplification, and lots of AI cartoons...

buff.ly/7Ghrfnf

#cartoons #ai

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jun 24

Following on from the recent AI related drawings, here's some magical thinkery from a comment by Helen Beetham during a live conversation on #AI in Education.

Image available to use CC-BY-ND here:
buff.ly/DZNEeVt

Cartoon, detailed hardback book with raspberry red cover, with white text "An Educator's Repository of ethical statements to opt out and other spells". To the bottom left of the cover a black and white hand pointing up with lines appearing above the finger.

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jun 23

The latest edition of the Visual Thinker - about magic hats, HAL9000, cognitive amplification, and lots of AI cartoons...

buff.ly/7Ghrfnf

#cartoons #ai

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jun 19

Is it possible to ethically engage with an unethical tool? Maybe it's naive to call AI a tool - when it consists many tools within many systems...

Drawn from a live conversation on #AI with @dougbelshaw.com and @epilepticrabbit.bsky.social

Image available to use CC-BY-ND here:
buff.ly/DZNEeVt

cartoon, hand drawn black text "Ethically engaging with an Unethical tool". the 'i' in "Ethically" is a daisy flower. To the top left of Text is a yellow closed-eye smiley face emoji with a halo, and to the bottom left of text is a red, angry devil emoji.

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jun 18

What makes you distinctively human? (It might not be your humour. Still, outsourcing that to #AI might actually be a step forward...)

Image available to use CC-BY-ND here: buff.ly/Hy62PmZ

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jun 17

I'll always enjoy seeing a new Hat Tip Remix popping up on the machine!

#DailyRemix by @marendeepwell.bsky.social‬

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Here's a link to Hat Tip Remix:
buff.ly/e5NBStC

Hat Tip remix: (cartoon) A hand with fair skin is holding a forest green snap back cap by its mustard yellow brim. On the head of the cap is tangerine orange text "h/t". To the left of the cartoon is text "Thanks for all the blogging!".

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jun 17

The comments that appear in open dialogue are always worth reflecting on. Here's a Kierkegaard quote from a conversation about #AI in #Education last week.

Image available to use CC-BY-ND here: visualthinkery.com/project/ai-f...

Greyscale cartoon of a man with short hair driving a car, one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the gearstick, whilst he checks his rearview mirror and whistles along to a song on the radio. On the dashboard is text "h/t Kierkegaard". Above the cartoon is text "Life is lived forward but it understood backwards" (Kierkegaard quote).

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jun 12

I had the pleasure of live cartooning a webinar on AI and the future of education. facilitated by ‪‪dougbelshaw.com‬ and ‪epilepticrabbit.bsky.social‬ of weareopen.coop‬.#AILiteracyc#AIA#Cartoonon

This is image is available to use under a CC licence here:
https://buff.ly/Hy62PmZ

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jun 10

This get-together of huddles focused on social change in Birmingham, UK with @econjusticebrum.bsky.social‬ was truly inspiring!

As each huddle spoke, I captured some of the things they pointed to. Here's the session condensed to 30 seconds...

#Huddlecraft

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Kin Lane @kinlane.bsky.social · Jun 6

Got Poppy a new logo for her website from the amazing @visualthinkery.bsky.social <3 <3 <3 <3

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jun 5

Butterflies are always welcome!

#DailyRemix by Simona-Marinela Serban.

Here's a link to the Morpho Remix:
buff.ly/RCkVeuj

Navy blue square background, Baby pink circle middle ground and a large butterfly taking up most of the square in the foreground. It has ocean blue wings with black lines, baby pink dots at middle tops of the wings and turquoise dots around the edges. The wing pattern similar to a Monarch butterfly.

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · Jun 2

Ground is just a line.
(to a cartoonist anyway...)
This was my initial reflection when my intern Gracie sent me a #DoodlePingPong with the prompt "ground". Then I had an idea. I sketched 4 different grounds between my shed (where visual thinkery happens) and my kitchen (where tea-making happens.)

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · May 28

What an interesting image created with Voronoi, loving the colours!

#DS106 #DailyRemix by Kevin Hodgson

Here's a link to the Voronoi Remix:
buff.ly/mEF14gb

Voronoi Mosaic remix of a wooden guitar with a metal resonator.