Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

What exactly do we mean by "learning?"

If you can't adapt to new situations, you missed and essential part of your education.

All of those benefits your predict... many won't happen... and many problems you never thought of will affect your success as welll.

“Yes, remembering information is important, but if your students only remember what you tell them to, they will be poorly prepared for their future.”

Imagine education that emphasizes complex problem solving which requires learners to apply what they have learned in unfamiliar situations.

The longer the time scale, the more difficult the problem.

The larger the solution space, the more natural the intelligence necessary to craft good solutions.

Defining Intelligence https://hackscience.net/2024/08/05/defining-intelligence/

Educators have a far less complete idea of the factors affecting their students than they believe.

"Faster [computers] just give you the wrong answer more quickly." -Stuart Russell

He was not wrong.

When faced with conflict, don’t make it worse.

The most flawed educational proposals proceed from the position that education is an engineering problem, and thus we can build educational systems can be built to create systems that produce measurable achievement reliably.

Humans are learners. Humans are also the products of their environments, and once something from the environment is learned it is very difficult to unlearn it.

I look at twitter once per day... I'm glad I have decided to stop posting there.

If you call student "kiddos" or adult "rock stars," you need to stop.

Your curriculum... it is political.

Increasingly, we recognize many of the things that are “true” in society are myths.

Information technology is an interesting aspect of logistics in most organizations. It cannot be used to achieve any goals unless it is used to accomplish the essential functions of the organization, it is functioning, and it is sustainable. In most organizations, this requires three types of expertise to ensure the technology is appropriately used, properly configured, and reasonably supported.

Once it becomes a measure its no longer meaningful.

While they are expected to teach “the standards,” teachers must recognize they are artificial, and may restrict students in many circumstances.