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“many people still regard the teaching process as relatively structured and based almost entirely on the presumed omniscience of the educator’s planning and on what teachers decide is good for students” I don't think this is true any more.

“The teacher’s role was to transmit knowledge and the learners’ responsibility was to accept and learn everything the teacher taught” Please notice this sentence is in the past tense.

A reminder that if you think the answer is simple, then you do not understand the problem.

Remember when “scrolling down” meant kneeling to see the books on the bottom shelves?

When translated to “doing by the same thing in a different place,” then it really isn’t flexible.

Asking questions, then *hearing* the answers can be the most difficult task for ... actually... not dismissing uncomfortable answers is more difficult.

Questioning assumptions is hard, but you never really understand anything until you do.

When “internal turmoil” is widely-recognized as a barrier to organizational improvement... we are in trouble.

Educate the potential in students, not their present situation.

We hire for technical skills, but fire for behavioral issues.

When does “inspired by” become “ripped off from?” asked the student.

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 or 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.

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