Author Archives: NomadWarMachine

Collaborative Sestina for Rhizomatic Learning

Posted on 21st May 2015 by NomadWarMachine

(Sarah) Rhizomatic learning is very subjective. It’s up to you, not up to Dave, what gets to count. The important thing is not to worry, but be content to mess around, mix it up – play around. Be warned – … Continue reading →

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Cinquain for Rhizomatic Learning

Posted on 21st May 2015 by NomadWarMachine

 Rhizomes Invasive things? That depends on the type. Some need nurturing so they thrive; others choke. flickr photo shared by Internet Archive Book Images with no copyright restriction (Flickr Commons) (purists might say this is not a true cinquain. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Haiku for Rhizomatic Learning

Posted on 21st May 2015 by NomadWarMachine

What’s rhizo learning? A chance to play with new things. Don’t worry ’bout mess.

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#rhizo15: An Invasive Species?

Posted on 14th May 2015 by NomadWarMachine

In this week’s #rhizo15 question, Dave Cormier asks if rhizomatic learning is an invasive species. Depends   (This is inspired by Keith, btw.)  

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Introducing the swarm

Posted on 13th May 2015 by NomadWarMachine

 I used to refer to myself as “One of Eight” in emails regarding my tutoring. Back in 2009 (or thereabouts) the University conceded to pressure from the trade union and put we lowly teaching assistants on a proper pay scale … Continue reading →

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Be careful what you “black box”

Posted on 12th May 2015 by NomadWarMachine

I often describe my job as a learning technologist as “trying not to break things”.  Folk respond to this with a nervous laugh, because they are fairly sure it is a joke that they don’t understand, but there’s a serious … Continue reading →

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Time to cluster

Posted on 4th May 2015 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve seen a few comments over the last couple of weeks about people not being able to keep up with rhizo15, or read everything, and I think that this might be causing some folk to worry that they are not … Continue reading →

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Content is Glasgow?

Posted on 3rd May 2015 by NomadWarMachine

Last summer the Commonwealth Games were in Glasgow. The image on the left is the perky mascot, Clyde, with the slogan “People make Glasgow” proudly displayed on his chest. I was reminded of this last night when I saw it … Continue reading →

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Returning to learning

Posted on 1st May 2015 by NomadWarMachine

So this week Turnitin announced their automated marking service.  My first reaction was to groan and wonder how long it would be before we were asked if we’d be supporting the service.  Then Scott said something that made me think … Continue reading →

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rhizoradio promos

Posted on 27th April 2015 by NomadWarMachine

While we wait, with bated breath, for Dave to announce our #rhizoradio play, I thought it would be an idea to collate the various promos here. Kevin’s Thinglink Autumm’s Mr X loses his battle with objectivity (image by Angela) My … Continue reading →

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