Category Archives: #Rhizo16

#Rhizo24: the reunion

Posted on 14th January 2024 by NomadWarMachine

What were you doing 10 years ago? On January 14th, 2014, #rhizo14 – or Rhizomatic Learning – The community is the curriculum as it was officially called, began. As fellow rhizonauts will remember, this was the brainchild of Dave Cormier, … Continue reading →

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Rhizo Reminiscences

Posted on 22nd January 2020 by NomadWarMachine

Were were you six years ago? When I asked myself that question earlier this week I realised that I was participating in the first week of rhizo14 So much has happened since then – so much that I don’t know … Continue reading →

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Deleuze is hard

Posted on 5th June 2017 by NomadWarMachine

I remember a couple of years ago, maybe during rhizo14, some people getting annoyed about Deleuze and complaining that it was hard. Well, it is – no doubt about that. I’ve spend years practicing philosophy and I still don’t find … 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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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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