Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Another Elevator Pitch on Learning…
https://hackscience.education/2019/11/27/another-elevator-pitch-on-learning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Does the IT allow my students to do what they must to learn what they must?

IT must believe educators if the answer is "no."

Inert Knowledge
https://hackscience.education/2019/11/25/inert-knowledge/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Can one be “data-driven” if they lack understanding of statistics?

Curiosity works far better than learning outcomes.

Conspiracies are sometimes the explanation, but randomness explains many more events.

Conspiracy theories are so tiresome.

Temporary disabilities arise all the time. Teachers are rarely prepared.

"If your audience doesn't understand the graphic within 5 seconds, it isn't well designed."
Yeah, I agree.

Teachers who focus on "the basics", with the rationale “someone else can help them use it” iare irresponsible.

One of the fundamental assumptions held by almost all faculty is that students who perform well on their tests and other assessments will be able to transfer what they have learned.

Performance on assessments isn't the same as learning.

Teaching x "so students learn to think" is a myth.

Education is about changing humans. When our students leave our classrooms, we expect they can do things, see things, and think things they could not before the class. If our students leave with their abilities unchanged, then they (and we) have wasted their time and energy and money while there.

John Dewey wrote education is not preparation for life, it is life itself.

"“Social media is biased, not to the Left or the Right, but downward”
― Jaron Lanier

"But the Turing test cuts both ways. You can't tell if a machine has gotten smarter or if you've just lowered your own standards of intelligence to such a degree that the machine seems smart." - Jaron Lanier

While standardization can ease the work of technology management, it may prevent students from being able to do what they need to do.

When learning is assumed to be the transfer of information, we approach students minds as passive, and passive minds do not learn.

In the USA, we have greatest higher education system in the world. I am convinced one of the major political parties is determined to ruin it.