Category Archives: #CLMOOC

The Lion and the Unicorn

Posted on 4th July 2019 by NomadWarMachine

The lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown … A pause in my day to think about today’s Feldgang. The noise of the stonemasons reminded me that this staircase is being repaired. The lion, of course, stands for … Continue reading →

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Morning flowers

Posted on 3rd July 2019 by NomadWarMachine

Between the main road and Professors’ Square is a pathway with wild flowers growing on either side of it. I always appreciate them, today I stopped and took a few pics with my phone

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Chapel

Posted on 2nd July 2019 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s feldgang – I nipped out to see if a colleague was in, and took a shortcut back through our Uni chapel. I always feel guilty doing this – and more so today as I quickly took out my phone … Continue reading →

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Catching my breath

Posted on 1st June 2019 by NomadWarMachine

Phew, I am glad May is over. Annual review and a deadline to submit a draft lit review in the same week – both done. I am apparently on track to submit by January 2020. I hope I can cope … Continue reading →

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Creative playfulness

Posted on 4th May 2019 by NomadWarMachine

I submitted a draft of my PhD discussion chapter yesterday. It’s over 7,000 words, so I won’t post it all here! I can never remember the actual title of my thesis – but I am looking broadly about how peer … Continue reading →

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The Future of Learning

Posted on 17th April 2019 by NomadWarMachine

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.” Dewey, Democracy and Education. I’ve been thinking a lot about resilience recently. Not as the ability … Continue reading →

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Good enough

Posted on 14th April 2019 by NomadWarMachine

I was asked this week how I write. Quickly, I said – in odd moments snatched whenever I can find them. I try not to think too much about what I’m writing – I scribble words on scraps of paper, … Continue reading →

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Web Ring

Posted on 7th April 2019 by NomadWarMachine

Some #clmooc folk were sad that G+ died recently. I can understand that – while I always struggled to navigate there, others had made it their home. Greg offered a solution – a web ring and a planet – are … Continue reading →

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Phew

Posted on 29th March 2019 by NomadWarMachine

I’m patting myself on the back Tentatively Today I submitted my draft findings For the last month I have been too busy writing about my affinity space to play in my affinity space Now I have time to breathe Hurrah

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Making time

Posted on 23rd February 2019 by NomadWarMachine

However busy I am, I try to make time for two daily rituals – one the DS106 Daily Create, a daily challenge open to anyone to participate as they wish, the other a Daily Doodle prompt I’ve been following for … Continue reading →

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