Category Archives: academic

Learning through a narrative

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Andre Malan

I just finished reading “The Future of Education – re-imagining our schools from the ground up” by Kieran Egan. It describes the idea of “Imaginative Education” (IE) and gives an example of a timeline in which this superior form of … Continue reading →

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School is just a game… let’s make it a better game.

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Andre Malan

The idea here is that games and school have more in common than does school and life. So perhaps, instead of finding ways of engaging students by turning to real life, we should be turning to game design. How is … Continue reading →

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Personal Learning Network Presentations

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Andre Malan

Over the last 6 months I have given two presentations on the ideas of Personal Learning Environments/Networks. The first one was in late August for UBC Jump Start,  a 2 week orientation program for students that I attended in my … Continue reading →

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Connectivism and Connected Knowledge – The first post

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Andre Malan

This year I am participating in the Connectivism and Connected Knowledge (CCK09) course offered by George Siemens and Stephen Downes. I was considering taking it for credit, but ran out of time and energy to jump through the hoops needed … Continue reading →

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