Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

I like working in small organizations, except for when new leaders come on board who have no idea what it’s like to work (in my case to teach and learn) in small organizations.

I work in #edtech. I spend much of my time telling people we have the thing they say we need.

OER versus Publishing
https://hackscience.education/2018/01/05/oer-versus-publishing/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I work in #edtech. Much of my time is spent fixing the problems introduced when my advice was ignored.

The Organization of Training, Learning, Design
https://hackscience.education/2018/01/03/the-organization-of-training-learning-design/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“Let’s do a survey.”

“Or we could use these reliable instruments validated by researchers.”

“Survey it is!”

It’s that time of year again when meetings are getting scheduled, but no agendas ever appear.

Learning requires effort. So does teaching.

Interesting and relevant problems are the foundation of effective lessons, not learning outcomes.

The Capacity to Learn
https://hackscience.education/2018/01/03/the-capacity-to-learn/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Give me a good question over a good learning outcome everyday.

When I was a kid, I remember getting annoyed at commercials that played too often during reruns after school. I react the same way to political ads on the radio 50 years later.

It is an unfortunate reality that many learners are delusional about “what works” for them as learners.

“This makes learning fun and easy.”

Yeah, don’t fall for that.

If students are engaged with what they already know, they probably aren’t learning.

Alternatives to the Standard Model of Education
https://hackscience.education/2018/01/03/alternatives-to-the-standard-model-of-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Transparent Taming of Wicked Problems
https://hackscience.education/2018/01/02/transparent-taming-of-wicked-problems/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

When interviewing candidates, their answers should begin with “it depends….” If they don’t, you are talking with the wrong applicants or you are asking the wrong questions.

There is nothing worse than a boss who sits in their office and asks for updates. My immediate assumption is that they don’t care enough about what I’m doing to actually engage with me and my clients.

One reason we should admire science is practitioners try really hard to be wrong. They start from the hypothesis that their results are just random.