Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Educators often prioritize ease of use, while technologists focus on reliability. Situational awareness encourages understanding all perspectives.

Empirical research is crucial to test the effectiveness of the proposed design principles and to understand the optimal balance between challenging and overloading learners' cognitive systems.

Higher education needs a shift towards deeper learning to bridge the gap between academia and professional practice. Deeper learning focuses on problems, knowledge, inquiry, self-regulation, and collaboration.

Educational design research involves analysis, design, and reflection, helping IT managers understand problems and develop effective interventions in schools. #ITLeadership #ResearchInPractice

Providing sufficient computing devices in schools depends on capacity, number of devices, and teacher readiness. IT managers often negotiate sufficiency due to limited resources. #DeviceManagement #EdTechAccess

Efficacious IT managers in schools are teachers, IT pros, & leaders whose decisions realize strategic goals. Organizational success hinges on achieving these goals. #EdTech #ITManagement

Understanding the inverse relationships between cost, speed, and quality is essential for effective technology leadership in schools.

“Tenaciously clinging to your beliefs past the point where their falsity has been clearly demonstrated does not make you look good.” -Sam Harris. It is delightful when you find another who has captured your thoughts in eloquent language.

When you need urgent solutions, do you innovate or entrench existing solutions? Your actions say much about your #leadership

Inexpensive & high-quality edtech often takes a long time to deploy due to open source tools needing configuration & testing by IT staff.

Fallibilism (the realization one can be wrong) is the guiding principle of free, open, liberal, secular societies... and their leaders.

A blog post, now with audio.
https://hackscience.education/2018/05/24/what-plato-said-about-writing/

Plato's view was that writing provides a superficial aid rather than fostering genuine memory and wisdom.

Plato criticized writing, saying it's "an elixir not of memory, but of reminding". He felt it wouldn't enhance true understanding.

Today's media landscape features mobile devices with wireless connectivity, shaping user experiences.

A blog post on diversifying fleets of computers in schoools. Now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2018/05/29/diversifying-the-fleet-of-school-computing-devices/

Tablets (like iPads) are popular and single-user friendly, but processing power and app limitations exist. Consider the learning tasks when designing #edtech

Chromebooks are inexpensive and easy to manage but have the least capacity for sophisticated creations. Are they enough for all student needs?

If the #teacher still sets the goal, plans the work, controls feedback, and is the sole evaluator... is it really active learning? #education #teaching #EducationConversations

Endpoint Management
A blog post for network security students:
https://hackscience.education/2025/04/13/endpoint-management/