Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“It’s not going to be quick or easy.” Folks who bring this (accurate) news are unlikely to be hired.

Propaganda and misinformation. Those things that have so affected recent discourse. They are not new. Generations of propagandists have been at work influencing our beliefs.

“The opposite of knowledge is uncertainty.” Yup.

“Better” is a meaningless word unless you include for whom, for what, when, in what circumstances?

“Blank slate” describe the preferred approach to dealing with student misbehavior. “Blank slate” does not describe how students arrive in your classroom cognitively, emotionally, physically, etc.

Keep paying attention when a “ground breaking” discovery is made. The findings are usually not replicated. That’s just how science (and media) works.

“Encyclopedias contributed to the French Revolution,” paraphrasing Simon Winchester.

As I think about it, that explains much that we see today.

IT professionals often say "that's the way we do it." At least they have a reason as the IT they add often depends on the IT they have.

Sure, the ebook the department has adopted may be cheaper and immediately available, but students much prefer a printed copy.

We were having a conversation about higher education and for-profit institutions came up. The person in the group who has financial experience in industry and non-profit higher education stopped and asked, “wait, you think there is a difference?”

“Obsolete technologies are no longer technologies.” Hmmm… I’m not sure I agree... perhaps for some definitions of technologies, but not those we typically use.

"AI is going to be as intelligent as humans" is a phrase uttered by those who have no idea that we have no idea what human intelligence is.

I hear lots of folks brag “we rode bikes without helmets and turned out OK” as they criticize today’s culture. I wonder how the neighborhood child who died in bike accident when I was young would respond.

I’m convinced good teaching doesn’t scale. Good teachers do integrate technologies that scale, but elements that can’t be scaled are vital to the craft.

I’m convinced good teaching doesn’t scale. Good teachers do integrate technologies that scale, but elements that can’t be scaled are vital to the craft.

Just me over here judging you by the folks with whom you associate.

I started working at the supermarket in 1981. Guess what the assistant manager said to me. Yup, “I’m glad you came. No one wants to work anymore.”