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Jenny Mackness and Frances Bell Teaching and Learning in the Rhizome: challenges and possibilities
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Jenny Mackness and Frances Bell
Teaching and Learning in
the Rhizome:
challenges and possibilities
Rhizomatic Learning: The Community is the Curriculum
(Rhizo14)
‘What happens when we approach a learning experience and we don’t know
what we are going to learn?
Where each student can learn something a little bit different – together?’
Principles of the Rhizome
Connection“A rhizome ceaselessly
establishes connections between semiotic chains ..” p7
Heterogeneity“There is no ideal
speaker listener [ ] there is [no]
homogeneous linguistic community.”
p7
Relevance to Teaching and Learning
Encourage ceaseless connection and diversity in people, ideas and resources. The system has no beginning or end, and can be entered at any point.
Principles of the Rhizome
Relevance to Teaching and Learning
Multiplicity“There is no unity to serve as a pivot in
the object or to divide in the subject.” p8
A-signifying Rupture
“A rhizome may be broken [ ] but it will start up again on
one of its old lines, or on new lines.” p9
Design is a-centred and anti-hierarchical. It allows for breakaway groups or individuals to reorganise in locations of their own choice.
Cartography“.. [a] map that is
always [ ] modifiable and has multiple
entryways and exits and its own lines of
flight” p21
Decalcomania“The tracing has [ ] translated the map
into an image, it has already transformed
the rhizome into roots and radicles.” p6
Principles of the Rhizome
Relevance to Teaching and Learning
Learners create and follow self-selected, individual pathways and embrace uncertainty without attempts to predict learning outcomes.
Dazzling Rhizo14
Emergent poet
ry collaboratio
n
Shared links, conversation, support
Zeegas
And on P2PU, G+, Facebook Group, Twitter , Diigo, Storify …
Blog posts,
comments
Discussion of DL & G theory (briefly)
Expressions of joy, affection
by David Clow CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
“transformative”
Looking beneath the surface
Revealed in anonymous survey – different experiences - views that didn’t appear in open course survey
• “disjointed networks of pre-established subgroups.”
• the community as having a “dark edge.”
Observable conflict about theory v practice
As Tanya Lau observed – there was a possibility of alienation alongside all the engagement
by David Clow CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Locating Learning in the Rhizome
DISCUSSIONLearning requires boundaries
Learners cannot be trusted to select and follow their own learning paths
Learners can create their own curriculum through peer interaction
Learners and teachers know how to balance freedom and responsibility in social learning
spaces
Frances Bell
I think that we could print each on a card and place it on table so that people could choose topic.Also if people disagree they may not be able to make one statement - not sure what to do a bout that.
ResourcesRhizo14 home page Cormier, D. (2014). Rhizomatic Learning: The Community is the Curriculum P2PU
Philosophy that inspired Rhizomatic Learning – a very long readDeleuze, G., & Guattari, F. (1987). A Thousand Plateaus. (p. 1–629). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Participant’s research article on MOOCs including Rhizo14. Lau, Y. (2014).Engagement or alienation? Reflections on MOOC design, facilitator role, and context. Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies, 2 (3), p.236–240.
Our first research article on Rhizo14Mackness, J. & Bell, F. (2015).Rhizo14: A Rhizomatic Learning cMOOC in Sunlight and in Shade. Open Praxis 7 (1), p.25-38
Images from Mariana Funes’ blog post http://mdvfunes.com/2015/05/27/principles-of-the-rhizome-just-a-graphic/
Lightning tour of Principles of Rhizome Skip to end part of Rhizomatic thinking in this MOOC section where Wikipedia summary is linked to Keith Hamon’s writing.
Thank You
Jenny MacknessIndependent
Education Consultant and Researcher
jennymackness.wordpress.com
Frances BellItinerant Scholar
francesbell.wordpress.com
