Category Archives: Learning

Learning Despite Assessment

Posted on 15th April 2023 by NomadWarMachine

Recently I’ve heard two different people say the following about assessment: I think that both of these statements are obviously wrong, or they ought to be. I can, sadly, understand how assessment becomes the motivating factor for many students because … Continue reading →

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Researchers as lurkers

Posted on 21st August 2022 by NomadWarMachine

An interesting paragraph in a book I am reading at the moment (Lurking, by Joanne McNeil). We are used to talking about learners as lurkers, but here’s another perspective. What images do we invoke when we think about the researcher … Continue reading →

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Heidegger and Bricolage Part 2

Posted on 21st May 2022 by NomadWarMachine

In my earlier post I suggested that Heidegger thought of understanding as being an uncovering of meaning, and I further suggested that this is one of the things that we bricoleurs do when we mix and remix. In this post … Continue reading →

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The DS106 Daily Create is 10 years old

Posted on 8th January 2022 by NomadWarMachine

So here’s 10 reasons why you should join us in the Daily Create Teacher owl says Daily Creates are better than apples You too can become a leader Anyone can be a Daily Create Influencer It’s free, and open to … Continue reading →

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Digital Detritus

Posted on 18th August 2021 by NomadWarMachine

Do you tidy up at the end of a beach party? Are you happy to walk away from the embers of a beach barbeque, ignoring the empty drink cans and food wrappers, or do you carefully collect any rubbish that … Continue reading →

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What would Wittgenstein think of remix?

Posted on 15th February 2021 by NomadWarMachine

We were playing a game at the weekend, which Kevin started. We answered by making an acrostic of the word we guessed until we got it right Then Wendy put her twist on it. Different game, different rules. Obviously related … Continue reading →

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Tying it all together

Posted on 30th January 2021 by NomadWarMachine

Nearly there. This week I spoke to my supervisor and my Graduate School and I have sent off my “intention to submit” by March 31st 2021. It’s almost done- I just need to finish the final chapters and give it … Continue reading →

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Hamish the Tour Guide

Posted on 18th December 2020 by NomadWarMachine

Yesterday, as part of the SocMedHE20 conference, we ran a competition to guess where Hamish the Cow was. Hamish was originally knitted by me back in the old world of social contact, before we realised we’d have to run this … Continue reading →

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Learning as Performance

Posted on 17th December 2020 by NomadWarMachine

Today I gave a presentation for the #SocMedHE20 conference, which was on the theme of “Using social media to build community, care and compassion” . It was a conference with a difference as it was all online – presenters were … Continue reading →

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How to nurture a community of online learners

Posted on 13th March 2020 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve been involved in open learning for several years now. It started almost by accident, when some guy called Dave ran a crazy learning experience that we called rhizo14, carried on serendipitously into a sister experience called CLMOOC, and gradually … Continue reading →

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