Author Archives: NomadWarMachine

When the student is ready …

Posted on 12th February 2016 by NomadWarMachine

There’s a saying that is (apparently) falsely attributed to Buddha, which says that: teacher appears flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license I was reminded of that during the latest #MoocMooc chat when Mark said that: … Continue reading →

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In defence of the VLE

Posted on 8th February 2016 by NomadWarMachine

It’s easy to bash the VLE (Virtual Learning Environment). I’m not going to pretend that it is a universal panacea for online or blended learning, but it is not as bad as some folk make out.  I think it’s easy to forget just … Continue reading →

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Six word manifesto for learning

Posted on 7th February 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today Sean asked us to: Write a six word manifesto about learning, about your learning, about learning management, about building environments for learning.  See here Here’s mine (above). More mantra than manifesto, this is what I have become thanks to … Continue reading →

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Collaborative annotating

Posted on 7th February 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I’m in love with Hypothes.is, a free online annotation tool which allows you to easily highlight bits of text and comment on them, and then to share those comments publicly if you wish so that others can see them and … Continue reading →

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String pictures

Posted on 3rd February 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I don’t draw – I can doodle, but it’s nothing special. So Karen’s postcard writing challenge was – well – a challenge for me. I bought some coloured card and dithered for ages about what to do: potato prints? collage? … Continue reading →

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The blind leading the blind

Posted on 26th January 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Pieter Brueghel the Elder – The Blind Leading the Blind flickr photo by Gandalf’s Gallery shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license Thoughts without intuitions are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind. Immanuel Kant: Critique of Pure Reason, B 75 … Continue reading →

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Kangaroo

Posted on 25th January 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Last week as I walked past our university library I spotted a kangaroo lurking. This week I remembered to snap a pic. Unfortunately there has been a lot of rain and it has a big puddle of water around it. Poor … Continue reading →

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Snow

Posted on 17th January 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Yesterday it snowed. By lunchtime the view from my bedroom window was this: snow houses flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license One thing that surprised me was how the houses, which usually look white, look … Continue reading →

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Pic n Mix Philosophy

Posted on 10th January 2016 by NomadWarMachine

There’s a theory in the Philosophy of Religion called religious pluralism, which has many variations, one of which is the belief that no one religion has got it right, but that parts of different religions can be combined to find … Continue reading →

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All join hands

Posted on 13th December 2015 by NomadWarMachine

This weekend we’ve been making music again. First Kevin invited some of us to collaborate in Soundtrap over a song that he’d written with some of us and Ron jumped in and started to add sounds. On Saturday I used Audacity to record … Continue reading →

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