Tag Archives: Vygotsky

Scaffolding

Posted on 20th February 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I know that some folk dislike the term scaffolding. For example, in a recent post Sean Michael Morris explains why he didn’t attempt to scaffold #MoocMooc, and that started a healthy debate about the metaphor. I didn’t catch it all, but … Continue reading →

Posted in #MoocMooc, Jigsaw Technique, Learning, Online learning, Teaching | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

When the student is ready …

Posted on 12th February 2016 by NomadWarMachine

There’s a saying that is (apparently) falsely attributed to Buddha, which says that: I was reminded of that during the latest #MoocMooc chat when Mark said that: @Jessifer@jasoncummings1@NomadWarMachine@yishaym@slamteacher Much f2f is about control / design online to lose control #moocmooc … Continue reading →

Posted in #MoocMooc, Learning, Online learning, Teaching | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

Planned Obsolescence

Posted on 20th February 2014 by NomadWarMachine

There is a  saying, supposedly Buddhist, that “when the student is ready, the teacher will appear”.  This week in #rhizo14 we are looking at the opposite to this  – how should the teacher disappear – how do we empower our learners … Continue reading →

Posted in #rhizo14, Academia, Learning, Wittgenstein | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Enforcing Independence Part 2

Posted on 26th January 2014 by NomadWarMachine

I haven’t engaged much with the topic for week 2 of #rhizo14 which is about whether we can enforce independence because I’ve been too busy doing my own thing (haha!) and thinking about D&G.  I’ve been reading blogs of other … Continue reading →

Posted in #rhizo14, Learning, Rhizomes, Teaching | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments