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Category Archives: Writing
The peace of silence
There’s so much emphasis at the moment in active learning, often accompanied with the (implicit) belief that this needs to be a collaborative activity. I think both are important, and also enjoyable – but sometimes peace and solitude are just … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, Learning, Online learning, Peer interaction, Writing
Tagged #modigiwri, active learning, cooking, learning, peer interaction, silence, writing. Bacon
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Joining up the dots?
We’re all thinking about dots. Sheri reminds us that this is not a new conversation. Terry responds and starts teasing out the metaphor. Dots and lines, or overlapping circles? Maybe both, maybe more. We don’t have the words to represent to … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, D&G, Doodles, Learning, Social Media, Writing
Tagged #clmooc, #modigiwri, connected learning, dots, networks
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Dot dot dot
Mashing together two prompts today: Wendy’s post for #MoDigiWri and the Daily Create also for today. I visited the Dotsies site and grabbed the bookmarklet up to my tool bar, then headed over to Wendy’s blog and applied it, screen shot … Continue reading
Posted in DailyCreate, DS106, Writing
Tagged #modigiwri, digital writing, dots, dotsies, writing
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A haiku for the weekend
Writing a chunk of my lit review this weekend. I am not sure if these are my favourite books, but they are definitely some of the ones that have had the most influence on my thinking. Some are old friends, … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, DailyCreate, DS106, Online learning, Peer interaction, Poetry, Researcher Journal, Writing
Tagged #clmooc, #DS106, #tdc2418, connected learning, haiku, participatory culture, poetry, remix
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Authentic writing and academic voice
A meeting with my supervisors this week to discuss some of my work. A good meeting – they like my writing, they’re confident in my ability to finish writing up this PhD. Then Vic speaks. He tells me that he … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, Researcher Journal, Writing
Tagged #clmooc, academic writing, authenticity, the myth of objectivity, writing
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How to philosophise with a hammer
A concept is a brick. It can be used to build the courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window. Deleuze and Guattari ATP p x11 At other times another means of recovery which is even more to … Continue reading
Posted in D&G, Philosophy, Writing
Tagged D&G, Deleuze, hammer, Nietzsche, Philosophy, the DAmned
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Why I write
I write because I’m happy I write because I’m angry I write because I’m sad I write because I care I write because I can I write because I can’t not I write because I’m human I write because I write
Posted in #CLMOOC, DailyCreate, DS106, Learning, Online learning, Writing
Tagged #clmooc, #ndow #ds106 #tdc2111, writing
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Researcher Journal: Trust and Authenticity
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the ethics of conducting research on open data. I know that some folk take the view that because Twitter is in the public domain, that means that researchers are welcome to help themselves … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, #rhizo14, Learning, MOOC, Online learning, Peer interaction, PhD, Researcher Journal, Rhizomes, Writing
Tagged #clmooc, authenticity, ethics, participatory research, reciprocity, trust
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Researcher Journal: Research Questions
When I changed my PhD thesis title a while back, I omitted to think through any accompanying research questions. At my last supervision meeting, Vic suggested that it was time to think about what my up to date research questions … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, Learning, MOOC, Online learning, Peer interaction, PhD, Researcher Journal, Writing
Tagged #clmooc, active learning, collaborative learning, peer interaction, peer learning, PhD
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Why I write
The Daily Create today asks for us to answer the question “Why I write”. So why do I write? I write because I am angry, I write because I am sad, I write to get my thoughts clear in my … Continue reading
Posted in DailyCreate, DS106, Writing
Tagged #DS106, #tdc1747, national writing day, writing
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