Category Archives: Rhizomes

The professional is always personal

Posted on 4th June 2017 by NomadWarMachine

O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An’ foolish notion: What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us, An’ ev’n devotion! To a … Continue reading →

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Researcher Journal: Trust and Authenticity

Posted on 21st January 2017 by NomadWarMachine

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 →

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Dream Team

Posted on 22nd October 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Yesterday’s Daily Create asked us build our dream team of five. Meh, no inspiration for that – so here’s Deleuze’s five from ATP: Yet much of positive value came of Deleuze’s flirtation with the greats. He discovered an orphan line of … Continue reading →

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Who am I this month?

Posted on 10th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I had meant to spend more time crafting my intro to  CLMooc16 – trying out some tools I’d not used before, curating some of my digital artefacts – that sort of thing. But then Brexit happened, and everything changed. For … Continue reading →

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Don’t play nice

Posted on 3rd April 2016 by NomadWarMachine

What a noise! The teacher sighed and put down her pince nez. Michael Gove’s book would have to wait for another day. Play nice children She shouted across the playground. We don’t want anybody getting hurt. Conform, comply. That’s what she … Continue reading →

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Echo Chamber

Posted on 2nd April 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I don’t want to live in an echo chamber Participants in online communities may find their own opinions constantly echoed back to them, which reinforces their individual belief systems. This can create significant barriers to critical discourse within an online … Continue reading →

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Rhizome: 7 word story

Posted on 25th March 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s daily create is to: Explain something technical in 24 seconds and summarize in 7 words as a video. I wanted to try something new, so I Googled for animated text and found FlashVortex and quickly made these to – ahem … Continue reading →

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Faces around me

Posted on 15th March 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve never done the #DS106 Daily Create before, but today it caught my eye: Have you ever looked around … really “looked” around … and suddenly noticed faces everywhere? Ok, so it was talking about seeing faces that were not … Continue reading →

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The rhizome is NOT a metaphor

Posted on 13th March 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Deleuze & Guattari’s concept of the rhizome in A Thousand Plateaus is not a metaphor. Let me repeat that. IT IS  NOT A METAPHOR. NOT. A. METAPHOR. Despite acknowledging this in their recent paper The rhizome: A problematic metaphor for teaching … Continue reading →

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What’s so good about Digi-CLMooc-Rhizo-ing?

Posted on 7th March 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve been asked to give a short presentation to some Psychology of Education undergrads and talk to them about how great my interactions with you folk have been over the last couple of years. I’m finding it hard to put … Continue reading →

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