About Explanipedia
Our Mission
To strengthen critical thinking and systems thinking through accessible tools and learning pathways that help people connect ideas, understand the world more deeply, and transform how they learn.
What We Do
We curate, connect, and structure ideas to reveal patterns, reduce complexity, and invite deeper exploration.
Our Goals
- Make learning more stimulating and accessible.
- Improve discoverability and public engagement with peer‑reviewed research.
- Support teaching with critical, symbolic, narrative, and virtual inquiry tools.
- Provide mobile‑friendly, shareable topic stories for broader accessibility.
- Foster cross‑disciplinary exploration via concept‑linked article pathways.
- Maintain a public‑service, open‑access ethos with transparent processes.
Explanipedia is a public service initiative vs Mis/Dis/Mal Info combining four domains: Dialectics, Semiotics, Simulacrics, Narratics to help the public make sense of complex ideas.
Said shorter: Critique, Symbols, VR, AI Stories.
Said shortest: Spec → Sym → Sim → Sense.
All welcome. All remixable. In service of public understanding.
Community
Join our growing community of learners, educators, and knowledge enthusiasts! Connect with us to contribute or see Mutual Support & Collaboration below.
Mutual Support & Collaboration
For Patrons
Become a PatronFuel Independent Public Education
FocusFramer builds free, engaging, remixable media to counter mis/dis/malinfo and promote critical thinking, symbols, and systems awareness. Your monthly support keeps it independent, ad-free, and freely remixable for all. Every dollar goes toward content, outreach, and impact—not overhead.
Be Part of the Story
Patrons aren't just donors—they're co-creators of a better knowledge commons. Join us in crafting stories that critique, symbolize, simulate, and sync truth. Get behind-the-scenes updates, vote on projects, and help guide the flow.
Support Systemic Sensemaking
In an age of noise and manipulation, FocusFramer brings clarity and care. Help us turn complexity into transparency, with no gatekeeping. Spec → Sym → Sim → Sense → Sync.
For Authors
Suggest Your BookAdapt Your Book for the Public
We turn critical books into dynamic flows: slam poems, VR journeys, AI explainers, and symbolic stories. Our multimedia adaptations amplify your message across platforms and generations.
Reach New Audiences with Your Ideas
FocusFramer translates your intellectual work into formats that thrive on TikTok, YouTube, classrooms, and public discourse. From Gen Z to lifelong learners, your insights reach those who need them.
Collaborate on Slam or Visual Feature
Want to experiment with performance, narrative, or mixed media? Let's co-create a visual or sonic interpretation of your key themes—one that inspires dialogue and remix.
For Publishers
Collaborate With UsShowcase Your Catalogue
We highlight important, complex, and justice-oriented books through themed flows, remixable content, and narrative slams. Each book can be featured in an engaging digital knowledge format.
Commission Custom Flows
We create customized content campaigns (1-min videos, symbolic diagrams, VR essays) for books aligned with public interest. Ideal for launches, anniversaries, or targeted themes (e.g., climate, equity, AI).
Engage Younger and Global Readers
We translate your titles into formats native to younger audiences—rhythm, visuals, symbols, remix culture—without dumbing them down. More eyes, deeper thinking, wider impact.
For YouTubers
Start CollaboratingRemix FocusFramer Shorts
All FocusFramer videos are open for creative remix. Add your voice, music, visuals, or critique. We encourage remix chains that deepen the idea, not just the trend.
Feature Your Channel in the Dialogue
If your content tackles truth, power, symbols, or systems—we want to link up. We can feature you in a Flow, create co-branded slams, or collaborate on a narrative series.
Co-Create a Slam, Commentary, or Breakdown
Want to respond to a book or topic with rhythm and critique? Let's co-produce a video that's part slam, part explanation, and totally remixable. Fast turnaround, smart vibes, maximum impact.
For Academics
Improve ImpactCollaborate on Research
Partner with FocusFramer to explore innovative research methods in digital storytelling, symbolic analysis, and AI-enhanced learning. We offer unique tools and frameworks for studying how knowledge flows through modern media.
Enhance Your Teaching
Access our library of multimedia resources to bring complex topics to life. Our content supports both in-person and online teaching with ready-to-use examples of critical analysis, symbolic interpretation, and systems thinking.
Public Scholarship
Transform your academic work into engaging public content. We help translate research papers and theoretical concepts into accessible formats while maintaining intellectual rigor.
Cross-Domain Innovation
Join our network of scholars exploring intersections between critical theory, semiotics, immersive tech, and AI. Ideal for academics interested in interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge sharing.
Contextual Impact
Frame an idea with your article. Focus it with curated Wikipedia topics, YouTube vid, books, tags, and collections.
Higher Education: Key Priorities We Support
Twenty widely used priorities and how Explanipedia helps — each links to an on‑site topic.
- Transnational Education (TNE) Map cross border programmes to topics for discovery, sharing, and outreach.
- Open Educational Resources (OER) Surface OER via topic entry points; generate mobile stories for adoption.
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Align research to SDG topics; build narrative pathways for impact.
- Global Citizenship Education (GCE) Connect articles to global citizenship themes learners can explore.
- Internationalisation of Curriculum (IoC) Embed global perspectives by linking curriculum topics to scholarship.
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Curate topic collections spotlighting equitable, inclusive practice.
- Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Frame practice based learning with topic stories tied to real contexts.
- Knowledge Exchange (KE) Translate research to public topics, improving accessibility and uptake.
- Quality Assurance (QA) Make QA frameworks navigable via topics; share exemplars as stories.
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Build CPD pathways from articles → topics → mobile micro learning.
- Internationalisation of Education (IoE) Showcase international strategies through connected topic maps.
- Learning & Teaching (L&T) Organize pedagogy by topics; compare approaches with VS pages.
- Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Enrich MOOCs with topic linked readings and story summaries.
- Learning Management System (LMS) Embed topic jumpboxes and stories to scaffold LMS modules.
- Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Turn articles into mobile stories and concept pathways for TEL.
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Offer multiple representations via topic cards, stories, and media.
- Open Access (OA) Route learners to OA versions through topic hubs and filters.
- Research Data Management (RDM) Aggregate RDM guidance under clear topic umbrellas for reuse.
- Digital Literacy (DL) Teach critical web literacy with topic comparisons and narratives.
- Microdegree (MC) Compose stackable topic stories as bite size, shareable learning.
- Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Global framing aligned to institutional equity and access goals.
- Artificial Intelligence in Education (AI/GenAI) Support strategies, ethics, and skills via topic maps and stories.
- Reusable Learning Objects (RLO) Organize modular content as topic-linked, reusable components.
- Extended Reality / Virtual Reality (XR/VR) Enable experiential learning through immersive, topic-driven activities.
For Universities
Institutional PartnershipResearch & Publication
FocusFramer generates multimodal publications—from symbolic analysis to AI ethics to digital pedagogy—across disciplines. Partner with us for co-authored public scholarship and experimental research outputs.
Teaching & Curriculum Innovation
Integrate FocusFramer into your curriculum to modernize courses with symbolic analysis, remix culture, AI tools, and immersive VR scenes. Ready-to-use modules adapt to any discipline.
Interdisciplinarity
Each Flow connects across faculties—Critique, Symbols, VR, AI, Story. We help dissolve silos and anchor interdisciplinary learning through thematic topics and shared symbolism.
Funding & Grants
FocusFramer projects can be grant-matched to nearly any academic or public initiative: AI literacy, misinformation, VR learning, etc. Bring us into your next proposal for collaborative edge.
Public Engagement & Impact
We specialize in translating academic insight into slam-ready, visually rich, public-facing content. Help your department reach audiences far beyond the ivory tower.
Student Recruitment & Retention
Students want relevance, creativity, and future-facing tools. FocusFramer lets departments showcase innovation, attract new learners, and energize classroom experience.
Digital Strategy & Presence
FocusFramer is a ready-made digital outreach partner. We help universities build interactive stories and short-form content with viral clarity and critical integrity.
Ethics, Equity & Justice
From intersectionality to systemic critique, FocusFramer is built to surface injustice and symbolic power. Our equity-focused approach aligns with critical pedagogy and social impact.
Knowledge Mobilization
Our flows carry your research into remixable media: Shorts, AI narrations, symbolic maps, and interactive essays. Make knowledge move and stick.
Lifelong Learning & Outreach
FocusFramer content supports MOOCs, public workshops, continuing education, and community storytelling. Perfect for open learning mandates and outreach funding.
Collaboration & Partnership
We thrive on cross-institutional collaboration—pairing critical ideas with cutting-edge storytelling tools. Join us in co-creating symbiotic learning journeys.
AI & Future-Proofing
Our AI ethics modules, synthetic media tools, and automation frameworks prepare departments for the future of learning and creation. We don't just adapt—we help shape the future.
For Funding Bodies
Fund a FlowSupport a Flow on Your Mission
Whether it's AI ethics, misinformation, public health, climate, or justice—FocusFramer can structure a full narrative arc around your domain. Each theme results in public-facing educational media across platforms and demographics.
Invest in Public Service Media Infrastructure
FocusFramer is building a sustainable platform for civic knowledge—VR spaces, symbolic tools, remixable stories. Your support helps scale a non-commercial model that puts public understanding first.
Enable Community Remix + Outreach
We enable educators, artists, and learners to remix our content and build community flows. Funders can support remix grants, open access libraries, and outreach kits tailored to specific communities or regions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What services does Explanipedia offer?
For content creators and rights holders, Explanipedia offers a unique opportunity: your existing content becomes part of a larger network that drives meaningful engagement, extending the value and reach of your material by connecting it to related knowledge pathways, fostering deeper audience interaction, and enhancing educational impact.
Connect With Us
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Research, development & implementation
BSc, MRes, MSc, PhD - Spatiotemporal Analysis, EduTech, AI, VR