Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Purposeful, meaningful, challenging, engaging are four adjectives I see and hear applied to curriculum we should be designing. I don’t hear them applied by #students often enough. #highschool #HigherEducation #highered

It is always reassuring to get to the section of a research article in which the author discusses limitations in the study. At least #science can still be self-aware and realize articulating limitations demonstrates you know what you are doing. #research #scientists

So, I just went to YouTube to find a Warren Zevon song that I haven't searched in several months. I typed "Warren Zevon" into the search bar, and the song was first on the list. I understand algorithms and coincidence, but it is still *creepy* when this happens.

Dunning–Kruger effect https://t.co/MFeRlVtbza This affects so much #education policy-making.

Still an interesting read:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/beautiful-minds/enough-with-the-learning-styles-already/

A blog post, now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2018/05/16/three-choices-when-faced-with-technology/

Looking at AI:
https://hackscience.education/2025/04/29/ai-generative-and-traditional/

A post for my data analytics students:
https://hackscience.education/2025/04/29/data-reports/

The author who wrote: Positive attitudinal change benefits learners, industry, society (my paraphrasing) sure seems to be ignoring the importance of defining “who defines positive?” #education #leadership

If you can identify important gaps in your field, then you have expertise worthy of attention.

No plan is perfect. If your methods do not allow “on-the-fly” adaptations, then your interventions will fail. #leadership #LeadershipDevelopment

Assumptions so “obvious and natural” that we are not conscious of their effects are among the greatest limits to our actions.

Humans adopt #technologies that fit with their nature and beliefs. Economic or other advantages are secondary.

When a technology “fails” (you may define failure any way you wish, and your definition may change depending on the situation) answer these questions:

“What would have made the technology easier to use?”
“What would have made the technology more useful?”

#edtech

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. -- Alvin Toffler

Metacognition requires awareness of one’s processes and control of those to be applied and regulated to improve thinking in other settings or for other problems. This is a far more rich construct than is used by many teachers. #education #teaching #highered #highschool

“As Bruner minds us, a theory of instruction is a political theory and those who formulate pedagogy without regard to the wider educational context merit being ignored.” #education #teaching

Advocates who speak with assurance they understand #learning and the know *the* method of #teaching are charlatans. They may not know it, but they are. #education #teacherlife #highered #highschool #teachertips

Ambiguity and amiability are the characteristics of human communication.

“Innovation is not an inherent social good,” is a true statement. “The status quo is not an inherent social good,” is also a true statement.