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Phew
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
A picture is worth 1000 words
If a picture is worth 1000 words, I reckon I am giving you 150 words worth in the above image. How I did this: Opened GIMP and found an image I liked from my files. Used Filters – Render – … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, #DigiWriMo, Flowers, Learning, Online learning, Peer interaction, Photos
Tagged #modigiwri, pictures, words
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Rule of thirds
I took the photo in the middle of this image yesterday and used it as inspiration for my daily doodle. Such beautiful flowers, fading so fast as we are home all day with the heating on at the moment. Today … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, DailyCreate, Doodles, DS106, Editing, Flowers, Online learning, Peer interaction, Photos
Tagged #DS106, #modigiwri, flowers, photos, rule of thirds, tdc2548
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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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Miscommunication
Random moments of misconnection: George, a Chinese UG, tells me how hard it is to study independently when there is so much he does not understand in lectures. He struggles to understand aurally and finds it hard to use lecture … Continue reading
Posted in HE, Learning, Online learning, Peer interaction, PhD, Teaching
Tagged #LTHEChat. #unboundeq, learning, networks, understanding
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Reclaiming Lurking
Lurking is a potential problem for theories of social constructivism and principles of active learning. It’s also a problem for data analytics – if the student is not VISIBLE, how do we KNOW that they are learning? The invisible are … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, #rhizo15, Academia, Critical pedagogy, Facebook, Learning, Online learning, Peer interaction, PhD, Teaching
Tagged active learning, CoP, Lave and Wenger, LPP, lurking. lurk, social constructivism
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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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Twitter chat personas
I’ve been thinking a lot about the different ways of interacting, or not, on Twitter this week, and I’ve come up with a rough list of types of engagement in Twitter conversations: Academic: adds relevant academic references Networker: links to … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Online learning, Peer interaction, PhD, Social Media
Tagged lurk, lurkers, lurking, personas, Twitter
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It depends how you look at it
There’s a story that’s often told about a bunch of blind men and an elephant. Each man only encounters a part of the elephant and, based on their partial understanding, disagree with the others about the *real* nature of the … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, #rhizo15, D&G, Learning, MOOC, Online learning, Peer interaction, PhD, Philosophy, Researcher Journal, Rhizomes
Tagged #clmooc, blind men, elephant, perspectivism, Rhizome
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Stealing learning
He came like a thief in the night. Stealthily, furtively, he crept in. With nobody watching he grabbed it, clutched at it with all his might, cradled it close to his chest and shuffled away. This picture of learners who … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Online learning, Teaching
Tagged lurk, lurker, lurking, online learning
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