At #MozFest we were asked about our vision for Mozilla in 2020. After my first #openscience community call https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/scien

At #MozFest we were asked about our vision for Mozilla in 2020. After my first #openscience community call https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/sciencelab-calls-nov19-2015 I got to thinking about Laura's efforts to lead a launch of a Research Lab.

In my 2020 vision I would see this Lab being the leading institute for design based research. Mainly because if Mozilla is going to succeed at fueling the next wave the Foundation will need to be the world biggest design based research project.

This capacity already exists all over the Mozilla Learning Networks. Especially in the Hive Cities. Match that capacity with skills Bobby and Laura et al bring and it could be powerful. Leverage the cool tools the Open Science Fellows will surface.

In fact in this 2020 I see a pivot for analytics. Let's focus not on conversions but on cognition. When we learn in the open I believe we can surface new ways of tracking participation, learning, advocacy and leadership. In many ways these are the only KPI's that matter. I do not fear the robo-graders or machine learning. In fact I am kind of excited.

We have a goal. Let's keep iterating on the journey