Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Questions or answers? Which is more important to find?

“Barriers to learning, whether they are institutional, technical, or pedagogical should be removed.” Identifying these can be difficult. Sometimes a mirror is the best tool.

Why, yes, we do know how to create “well-designed, learner-centered, and interactive learning environments;” but it seems we don’t for many reasons.

All information or technologies can be distracting, irrelevant, or unsavory. They don't have to be but they can be.

If you are threatened by emerging #technology or #innovation then you probably should be.

Make your work as usable and useful as it can possibly be.

Currently reading about science in authoritarian countries. Makes me worry about politicians who seek to control inquiry and research, but I worry more about the people who live where they do.

If groups fail (think species going extinct), was it the individuals who failed?

#science proceeds when “all other factors are equal.” In #education all other factors are never equal. All #students are unique. #teaching #edresearch #schools #research

I believe in the commingling of the arts and science as the two greatest expressions of human creativity. -Stephen Jay Gould #arts #science

Always state the opinions upon which you base your facts.

#teachers who begin planning with the question, “What will students do with this information?” are more likely to create meaningful lessons than those who start with “What do they need to know?” #teaching #teachertips #teachered

Information and cognition exists in the environment. There is no need to keep it all in your brain. #learning #education

“I know, but...” is a cue to listen if you are a #leader. #LeadershipDevelopment #leadership

Knowledge in the head and knowledge in the world are not the same thing.

Do spammers really think putting Donald Trump in subject will make me open them?

"The Central Committee of the Party has examined my report and approved it." - Trofim Lysenko

Cool. How did the plants react?

When #science is interpreted as against a #political cause or party, bad decisions result.

As I become more tolerant of bad editing in social media, I become less tolerant of bad editing in edited and curated content.

#learning results from evolution of ideas. It is iterative, active, social.