Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Who could have predicted?

I mean other than the folks who know the scientific explanations.

“If I don’t need it, then no one does” explains much decision making.

Debunking Learning Styles
https://hackscience.net/2018/02/01/debunking-learning-styles/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

One difference between “data-driven” folks and researchers is the degree to which they question their methods and instruments.

We assume students who provide the correct answer to a question “knows” it.

Hey faculty “leaders:” Don’t be that person who expresses relief that your workshop was canceled because you didn’t know what you were going to do.

I’m at that age where I can tell how long a school leader was a teacher by watching them lead.

Note to faculty: Publicly criticizing IT (or any other department) is not going to convince them to listen to your needs.

Learners: Past and Future
https://hackscience.net/2018/01/30/learners-past-and-future/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Theory and Practice in Education
https://hackscience.net/2018/01/29/theory-and-practice-in-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Hey school IT folks… students and teachers have needs that you will find unfamiliar. Listen to them.

“I’m good at multitasking.”
No. No, you are not.

Sometimes I laugh when I read politicians “hot takes” on education issues… then I realize some of them are elected.

So much disinformation can be explained as tribal conspiracies.

Areopagitica
https://hackscience.net/2018/01/23/areopagitica/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Those faculty who are the most vehement “read the syllabus” folks are also those least likely to follow procedures for requesting support from other departments.

Test scores are fine. But no one cares about them in the real world… passing scores on licensing exams excepted.

“Data-driven” folks know that evidence comes from multiple sources, right?

Any other educators annoyed by those activities being called “PD?”

People who get “freaked out” by optical illusions should calm down and learn some biology and psychology… but they are fun.