Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Write until you see the connections you knew were there but could not see.

“Human individuals are attuned to the common ground they share with others....” at least that is how we evolved... now... not so much.

Quality in all classrooms begins with relationships. How we build them online differs from how we do it face-to-face.

A dean once told me, “we are going to have the premier program in the country, and [curriculum vendor] is going to help us.” He was seriously misguided.

When cognition evolved, humans became capable of “thinking their way through” unfamiliar situations. I wonder why schools now treat “the standards” as capturing every possible exigency.

Understanding is grounded in knowing how you are wrong.

Even if the mythological learning styles are marginal to your argument, I am skeptical of the whole thing.

Competence is one’s capacity to perform. Competencies are one’s perceptions of their competence. These may not be the same.

“I don’t know, let’s figure it out,” are words frequently spoken by the best leaders and teachers... but it must be sincere. #leadership #teaching #teachingstrategies #edchat #education

The world is much more interesting if you don’t know the answers to life’s big questions.

We adopt tools. We adapt our work to leverage the capacity if the tools we adopt. We exapt novel and unintended uses of tools.

Redesigning a course with two colleagues recently... textbook would cost $150... yeah, the search is on today for an #OER that meets our needs. It would have been irresponsible of us to do otherwise.

Hey educators... please stop blaming students. It is unbecoming... and when you do it in job interviews, you don’t get hired... actually keep doing it in job interviews, it is easier to know whose applications to discard.

“Vivid” is a terrific word. Let’s find and share more examples of what is vivid.

“increasing focus on memorization and testing has been observed in education, including early years, that leaves no space for active exploration and playful learning” We know this is bad for students and society, yet we persist. #education #teaching

It is better to have doubt than it is to be certain about the wrong conclusion.

“By the time we are able to act on the world, our ability to learn has drastically diminished.” Bruce Wexler made this distressingly accurate observation of humans.

“I can live with doubt and uncertainty,” said no #DataDriven leader ever.

Humans tend to deny, discredit, forget that which disagrees with them. It does not serve use well in a global village.

“organizational members are unlikely to hold common perceptions of readiness when leaders communicate inconsistent messages or act in inconsistent ways,” it is almost like some #leaders are not familiar with the literature in their field.