More from etmooc

I am taking part in a MOOC - Massive Open Online Course. It's free and I can do as much or as little as I wish. Awesome! Learning for the sake, and love, of learning!! The latest blog I'm reading is on
Rhizomatic learning.
( the following is taken from the blog... )

Rhizomatic learning is a way of thinking about learning based on ideas described by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari in a thousand plateaus. A rhizome, sometimes called a creeping rootstalk, is a stem of a plant that sends out roots and shoots as it spreads. It is an image used by D&G to describe the way that ideas are multiple, interconnected and self-relicating. A rhizome has no beginning or end… like the learning process...

Reference, Dave Cormier's blog,
http://davecormier.com/edblog/2011/11/05/rhizomatic-learning-why-learn/

Dave asks these questions and reflects on the responses....

Why do we teach?
What does successful learning look like?
What does a successful learner look like?
How do we structure successful learning?

I'm not going to post my response... Yet... I need to think about the questions. However maybe these are questions educators need to think about as we plan, assess and evaluate not the students, but ourselves in learning. Ahhh it's late... Enough! Read the blog I linked, it's pretty thought provoking.

Here's another blog from etmooc that focuses on rhizomatic learning ... I love her idea for genius hour! Very cool!!

http://thinkingandlinking.wordpress.com/