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On the difficulty of evaluating learning

This new #edtech app promises to finally teach you mathematics in a fun and effortless way. This expensive school program ensures that your daughter will be a successful and productive member of society. This Facebook article insists that your toddler sho…


My favourite deduction board games

Everytime I go home for the holidays, my siblings and I spend days solving puzzle games together. So I thought I would share with you some of my favourite mind-tickling games, because who doesn’t want fun, enjoyment, laughter, and headaches? Today’s focus…


Abstraction

When I was in high school, a friend told me that she did not like mathematics because she found it too abstract. I was quite confused at the time and thought to myself: “But I love mathematics because it is abstract”. This made me quite curious: Is this d…


My Learning Toolbox

Hei Fancy Folks! Today is a bit different! This month I have been following Barbara Oakley's class “Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects”, and at the end of the course, we were asked to design a tool to help other…


The Metaphors of Learning

We are all learning experts. We have been learning since we were born, to survive, to grow, to adapt. It’s a consequence of or a motivation for all our actions. We are sent to school for years, we are asked to learn from our mistakes, and to experience ne…


The Diverter

Hello all, Welcome to my blog! I’ll be writing here about stuff I am curious about, usually orbiting around education, computer science, mathematics, and augmented reality, but also some more random things attracting my attention. The main focus of the bl…