I think I have a bit more to say about boundaries, especially in terms of the boundaries that distinguish the academic disciplines. I’ve been arguing that the boundaries between, say, history and physics are nowhere near as rigid and as static as academic purists might insist, but neither are the boundaries between history and physics imaginary, capricious, and unnecessary as academic anarchists …
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Why Rhizomatic Learning? Pt. 3 #etmooc
So does the rhizome bring anything to connectivism that it doesn’t already have? I don’t really know, but I do know that the rhizome helps me think about connectivism in ways that I otherwise find difficult. I also find rhizomatic thinking familiar and evocative for a teacher of writing and literature.…
Simple vs. Complex Definitions
Dave Cormier’s post A review of rhizomatic learning in Mendeley led me to an engaging conversation about definitions, especially a definition of rhizomatic learning. This is a topic that keeps returning to me, and I have not sufficiently worked through it, but I keep trying because I think it is important to the discussions about connectivism and rhizomatic learning.…