Category Archives: Online learning

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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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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Making conversation

Posted on 29th October 2015 by NomadWarMachine

While I love participating in events such as the rhizothings and other connectivist happenings, they can be both overwhelming and isolating at times. Overwhelming because of the sheer volume of content that is being disseminated; isolating because while everybody is sharing with … Continue reading →

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Creating an alternative CV

Posted on 28th October 2015 by NomadWarMachine

This November I’m going to be co-facilitating Digital Writing Month (#DigiWriMo) with Maha Bali and Kevin Hodgson. We thought that a fun way to lead into this would be to suggest that folk create an alternative CV. As a way … Continue reading →

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Kicking down the cobble stones

Posted on 4th October 2015 by NomadWarMachine

I took part in a Twitter chat organised by Hybrid Pedagogy on Friday (#digped).  As ever it was fast and furious and there was no chance of catching everything that was going on. Another participant asked how to cope with … Continue reading →

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Not virtually connecting

Posted on 15th September 2015 by NomadWarMachine

I was at a loose end.  I spotted my pals. “We’re going to do a Hangout”, they said. “Want to join in?” I didn’t, really, but I perched at the end of the sofa. The hangout started. I waved. They … Continue reading →

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Rhizocats

Posted on 12th September 2015 by NomadWarMachine

This week we presented at ALT-C, a fairly large (about 500 delegates) annual conference which was held in Manchester this year. Maha has already blogged about us all meeting there, so I won’t repeat that – but I do have … Continue reading →

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What’s the point of feedback?

Posted on 3rd September 2015 by NomadWarMachine

I recently had a conversation with some other academics about the whole marking, assessment and feedback parade that we go through in HE, and the NSS student survey results, which always score lower for feedback than for other areas. We … Continue reading →

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When is a pilot not a pilot?

Posted on 29th August 2015 by NomadWarMachine

Student pilot Jean McRae of Homosassa: Tallahassee, Florida flickr photo by State Library and Archives of Florida shared with no copyright restriction (Flickr Commons) Recently we’ve been running some software pilots in our unit. Although I am sure that some … Continue reading →

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Vicarious learning

Posted on 24th August 2015 by NomadWarMachine

If we think that tutorials and seminars are an important part of the campus based learning experience, then how to we replace these when we are designing and delivering online courses? One way might be to use virtual classroom software … Continue reading →

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