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Category Archives: Rhizomes
Feb 14th Rhizopoem
Ginger’s a rhizome An iris is too Some irises are pink But this one is blue flickr photo by tanakawho shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) license
The blind leading the blind
“Thoughts without intuitions are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.” Immanuel Kant: Critique of Pure Reason, B 75 Kant wrote the above in order to call for a metaphysics that is both synthetic and a priori – i.e. … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Online learning, Philosophy, Rhizomes
Tagged D. C. Phillips, Kant, practice, rhizomatic learning, theory
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Pic n Mix Philosophy
There’s a theory in the Philosophy of Religion called religious pluralism, which has many variations, one of which is the belief that no one religion has got it right, but that parts of different religions can be combined to find … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Philosophy, Rhizomes
Tagged cafeteria pluralism, coherentism, D&G, pic n mix, religious pluralism, rhizomatic learning
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Making conversation
While I love participating in events such as the rhizothings and other connectivist happenings, they can be both overwhelming and isolating at times. Overwhelming because of the sheer volume of content that is being disseminated; isolating because while everybody is sharing with … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, #DigiWriMo, #rhizo14, #rhizo15, Learning, MOOC, Online learning, Peer interaction, Rhizomes
Tagged #clmooc, #DigiWriMo, #rhizo14, #rhizo15, community formation, Connectivism, peer interaction
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The Creative Art of Wittering
witter verb (wittered, wittering) intrans (usually witter on) to talk or mutter ceaselessly and ineffectually. ETYMOLOGY: 19c: probably a variant of whitter to chatter. Chambers Online Dictionary It’s hard to know when rhizomatic learning is appropriate. On the one hand, … Continue reading
Posted in #rhizo14, #rhizo15, Learning, Peer interaction, Rhizomes
Tagged peer interaction, rhizomatic learning
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Being vulnerable
I’ve had so much fun over the last 18 or so months. Ever since I happened upon rhizo14 and then discovered other such events I have been making the most wonderful friends. I’m not going to list you all – … Continue reading
Not virtually connecting
I was at a loose end. I spotted my pals. “We’re going to do a Hangout”, they said. “Want to join in?” I didn’t, really, but I perched at the end of the sofa. The hangout started. I waved. They … Continue reading
Squinting sideways
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:– We murder to dissect. (Wordsworth, The Tables Turned) I often used to feel that doing analytic philosophy was like pulling the legs of a spider … Continue reading
Posted in #rhizo14, #rhizo15, Learning, Rhizomes, Wittgenstein
Tagged #rhizo14, analysis, family resemblance, Wittgenstein, Wordsworth
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Rhizocats
This week we presented at ALT-C, a fairly large (about 500 delegates) annual conference which was held in Manchester this year. Maha has already blogged about us all meeting there, so I won’t repeat that – but I do have … Continue reading
Posted in #rhizo14, Conferences, Learning, MOOC, Online learning, Rhizomes, Social Media, Technology
Tagged #ALTC, #rhizo14, ALT, cMOOC, learning community, rhizomatic learning
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