Category Archives: Learning

Reading recommendations

Posted on 4th March 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today Vicki and I are trying out a slow Twitter chat with questions themed around online and blended learning. A couple of questions later on today are about reading recommendations, and I thought I’d collect a few here. First blogs. … Continue reading →

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Scaffolding

Posted on 20th February 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I know that some folk dislike the term scaffolding. For example, in a recent post Sean Michael Morris explains why he didn’t attempt to scaffold #MoocMooc, and that started a healthy debate about the metaphor. [<a href=”//storify.com/NomadWarMachine/scaffolding-use-in-moocmooc-id” target=”_blank”>View the story “Scaffolding … Continue reading →

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When is an ism useful?

Posted on 17th February 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I responded to a tweet by Simon yesterday like this: @sensor63 @Jessifer @Bali_Maha @slamteacher I think the opposite of objectivity might be perspectivism #rhizo16 — Sarah Honeychurch (@NomadWarMachine) February 16, 2016 I did this basically to challenge the thought that … Continue reading →

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Appreciative students

Posted on 15th February 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I had a lovely chat with some of my students last week. It was a usual level 1 philosophy seminar and I’d put them into groups of 2-3 to go through some Rousseau quotes together and decide what to make … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Alt-CVs for DigiWriMo

Posted on 29th October 2015 by NomadWarMachine

As part of Digital Writing Month (#DigiWriMo) we have introduced a pre-course activity for folk to introduce themselves by writing an alternative CV, or resume.  I’ve  started curating these using Hackpad. I am loving seeing the diverse approaches people are taking to … Continue reading →

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