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Complex Learning

Dave Cormier talks about his evolving understanding of rhizomatic learning.   Looks to me that he is differentiating learning that is complicated but process oriented such as, building an airplane and landing on the moon.  His Rhizomatic learning is called...

Hamlet tragic narrative shared live via satellite

Benedict Cumberbatch, takes the title role of Hamlet in Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Hamlet was broadcast live from the Barbican in London to cinemas around the world on Thursday 15 October 2015, with encore screenings taking place following this date. National...

Rhizomatic learning

Is Rhizomatic learning a model useful to PSA in understanding the construction of knowledge? The MOOC “Open Education” is an OpenLearn Course found on the Open University site. This is a Master’s level course spanning 7 weeks/60 hours. Since the MOOC...

Stories from disruption

While this article in the New York Times relates to recovering from the trauma of terrorism, the reference to storytelling also applies to disruption in learning today. Perhaps PSA interviews are a form of story telling for all of us as we adapt to the disruption in...

Vygotsky as muse to complex learning/teaching

I found this article in the Facebook Rhizo 15 MOOC discussion presented by Dave Cormier.  This article looks at Vygotsky theories of learning as an interpretive lense for complexity theory applied to education.  Dave Cormier looks at the rhizome as an example of...