Category Archives: Peer interaction

Listening AND doing

Posted on 23rd July 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Image from Wikimedia Recently I’ve been over-exposed to the picture above. I’ve been to a slew of talks and presentations where well-meaning people have used this picture on  slide and told me that lectures are outdated and all the best … Continue reading →

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My blogging journey

Posted on 16th April 2025 by NomadWarMachine

I started my blog on 17th July 2012, originally as a WordPress.com hosted site. I blogged sporadically about conferences I’d attended, bits of philosophy that interested me (at the time I was a tutor in Philosophy as well as a … Continue reading →

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Reflection on an ongoing collaboration

Posted on 13th November 2024 by NomadWarMachine

“Postcards on Pedagogy” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license It’s a couple of weeks into the UW/UofG collaboration, and I thought I’d take a few minutes to reflect on my experiences so far. It started … Continue reading →

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#Rhizo24: the reunion

Posted on 14th January 2024 by NomadWarMachine

What were you doing 10 years ago? On January 14th, 2014, #rhizo14 – or Rhizomatic Learning – The community is the curriculum as it was officially called, began. As fellow rhizonauts will remember, this was the brainchild of Dave Cormier, … Continue reading →

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McLuhan’s Tetrad

Posted on 6th May 2023 by NomadWarMachine

I’m keeping half an eye on #ETMooc2 at the moment, and one of this week’s suggested activities caught my interest. Activity #1 – Marshall McLuhan Tetrad of Effects for Generative AI: What are the opportunities and challenges presented by the … Continue reading →

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So long, and thanks for all the TAGS

Posted on 29th April 2023 by NomadWarMachine

For almost ten years now, whenever I’ve been involved in an activity that involves Twitter conversations I’ve headed over to TAGS and set up a copy to collate tweets and produce visualisations like the one above. So earlier this month, … Continue reading →

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An anti-climax

Posted on 16th August 2022 by NomadWarMachine

I didn’t have high hopes for GISH – I didn’t know what to expect. But I had hoped for some sort of collaborative creating and remixing with some like minded people. So I paid my $25.01 (why the .01, I … 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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The emergence of participatory learning: authenticity, serendipity and creative playfulness

Posted on 3rd August 2021 by NomadWarMachine

Today I got the final confirmation that I have been awarded my PhD in Education, with the title The emergence of participatory learning: authenticity, serendipity and creative playfulness. The thesis is now uploaded to my Uni library repository, and anyone … 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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