Category Archives: MOOC

Ten Little Nomads

Posted on 26th December 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Before Christmas I sent ten little parcels across the world to some of my friends – not sure of when they would arrive, but hoping I had got the timings right … First was Ron – not surprising as the … Continue reading →

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Understanding lurkers

Posted on 23rd December 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Last week I attended the most excellent SocMedHE16 conference to present a paper that I have co-written with Aras Bozkurt, Len Singh and AK based on some research we have been doing about learner behaviour in #CLMOOC – an online community … Continue reading →

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Boris the Spider

Posted on 4th December 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s Daily Create merges perfectly into what will be week 2 of our #CLMOOC #DigiWriMo pop-up animate week. I’ve been fairly nervous of animating things from scratch so far, but I’ve been paying attention to Niall and especially a recent animation … Continue reading →

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What makes an image digital writing?

Posted on 3rd December 2016 by NomadWarMachine

This is a question that Karen and I have been mulling over for the past couple of weeks – without coming to any firm conclusions. This week we threw it open to the CLMOOC DigiwriMo Pop-up in the form of … Continue reading →

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Pop-Up ALT-CV

Posted on 26th November 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Last year, as a way of introducing ourselves at the beginning of Digital Writing Month (DigiWriMo), Maha, Kevin and I came up with the idea of an ALT-CV (a Curriculum Vitae, or CV, is the British word for resume): What if … Continue reading →

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ALT-C 2016

Posted on 7th September 2016 by NomadWarMachine

On Monday I travelled to Warwick Uni for the ALT-C 16 conference, which was taking place in the Warwick Arts Centre: The main purpose of the visit was to present some thoughts that Maha, Kevin and I had put together: Developing … Continue reading →

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The ethics of remixing

Posted on 22nd July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I caught a fascinating conversation on Twitter yesterday about various issues around remixing. Here’s some of it[View the story “The ethics of remix” on Storify] Today we decided to take up Scott’s suggestion and start a Google Doc to share … Continue reading →

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Reaching out

Posted on 16th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Back in my first ever cMOOC (rhizo14), I remember being at a loose end one Saturday when Dave Cormier tweeted a link to a TAGSExplorer visualisation of all of the tweets hashtagged #rhizo14 and suggested each of us reached out … Continue reading →

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Who am I this month?

Posted on 10th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I had meant to spend more time crafting my intro to  CLMooc16 – trying out some tools I’d not used before, curating some of my digital artefacts – that sort of thing. But then Brexit happened, and everything changed. For … Continue reading →

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Researcher journal: starting out

Posted on 21st May 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Wise words from a friend about the importance of keeping a researcher journal. I mentioned this at my PhD annual review this week and my reviewers agreed, so here goes. I started my studies in January 2012 with Vicky Gunn (then … Continue reading →

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