Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Interdependence is the basis of effective organizations.

I just read a piece about how #OER textbooks are a "disruptive innovation." Sure, they might interfere with textbook profits (if we can continue to increase adoption), but I think it is disingenuous to suggest they will disrupt #education. #teaching #school #highered

I encountered “infrastructuring” for the first time... the more I think about it the more I like it.

Knowing “things” is of limited use... knowing how things interact... that is useful.

When ideas become popular, they are appropriated by everyone for everything that makes ‘em vacuous. I once heard (seriously), “I want my students to learn, so my lectures are the real ‘student-centered’ teaching.” This was from a 5th grade teacher... who lectured!

Learning styles don’t exist, but teaching styles definitely do.

“Leveraging” has a “meaningless buzz word” feel, but it accurately describes what can be done with well-deployed #edtech

If you are ignoring theory, you aren’t really being data-driven.

A blog post (now with audio) on the history of computers in schools
https://www.hackscience.education/when-computers-started-school/

Are You Being Scientific?
a blog post
https://www.hackscience.education/are-you-being-scientific/

A blog post on the need for educators to lead #edtech
https://www.hackscience.education/where-the-rationale-for-school-it-breaks-down/

There is a difference between what we “swallow” when learning and what we “assimilate” when learning. Schools have abandoned one.

A More Accurate View of Science, a blog post
#science #STEM
https://www.hackscience.education/a-more-accurate-view-of-science/

A blog post on imagination and education
https://www.hackscience.education/the-troubling-paradox-of-imagination-and-education/

"Action without faith is misguided." Really? I can't imagine a statement that is more misguided than that one.

When it is well done, science blurs reality by asking more questions with each one it answers.

A former colleague used to tell the story of getting pulled over for speeding on the way to work. The officer said, “If you give me a good excuse, I won’t write the speeding ticket.” He replied, “I’m a teacher and I have to make copies for my students.” He did not get the ticket.

"Why don't you just have AI summarize it?"

Because I am interested in making sense of it, not just having a summary .

Epistemology is deeply important to educators. It allows them to evaluate practices, adopt and adapt those that are useful, discard those no longer useful, and otherwise refine their craft.

What do we know? How do we know it? What does it mean to know something?

These questions are important for educators to answer They exert important influences on what we do in classrooms, but we can't let them get in our way of acting.