Laura Hilliger is a writer, educator and technologist. She’s a multimedia designer and developer, a technical liaison, a project manager, a conceptual architect, an open advocate who is happiest in collaborative environments. In 2020, she was awarded the Women in IT Digital Leader of the Year award for her work bringing open principles to Greenpeace. She’s a co-founder of We Are Open Co-op, a collective that has spent 10 years helping organisations like Amnesty International UK, MIT, Friends of the Earth and the BBC with thoughtful technology, community and learning projects. She is also an Ambassador for the Open Org Project, and a Mozilla alum. Find her on Mastodon as @epilepticrabbit (https://social.coop/@epilepticrabbit)
Collaborating to respond to UNESCO’s call for think pieces originally posted on the WAO blog A couple of months ago, after seeing a UNESCO call… Read More »Exploring AI’s Role in Education: A Balanced Perspective from Six Think Pieces
Maybe I’m rewilding Poplar trees spread roots just under the surface of the ground like they think they’re the veins and arteries of mother earth.… Read More »[FBT] on Roots and Rewilding
The Importance of Art Education with or without AI Sociologist Zygmunt Bauman argued that modernity is characterized by fluidity and that “the job of critical… Read More »It is not the tool, it is the artist who sparks the revolution
Maybe I’m a target People think I’m an easy target. Easy target for accusations. Easy target for bullshitters. Easy target to see through at a… Read More »[FBT] on Dickheads and Disassociation
originally posted on the Amnesty International UK blog and crossposted on the WAO blog Community-driven change is more important than ever. Whether we are advocating… Read More »Building Power and Making Change: Community strategies and tools
Maybe I’m snogwoggler I have a big list of cool ideas that I’ll probably never get around to. One of them is to start a… Read More »[FBT] on Snogwogglers and Snark
originally posted on the Amnesty International UK blog We know that some of our content and information is hard to find and can feel outdated,… Read More »Announcing the Amnesty Community Platform Project
Maybe I’m a tree The sour cherry is a dwarf compared to the Parrotia persica it’s standing next too. They are buried , temporarily, in… Read More »[FBT] on Trees and Toucans
Was ich eigentlich sagen wollte: Am Freitagabend dürfte ich für Jugend Hackt eine Rede halten. Ich weiß nicht genau was ich gesagt habe, aber das… Read More »Hacking for Future: Wie können ihr eure Fähigkeiten für das Gute nutzen?
Building Bridges for Human Rights with Amnesty International UK crossposted on the WAO blog Let’s be honest. The world feels…complicated right now. The news is… Read More »Strengthening Community