Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Looking at my transcripts, you can tell when I no longer cared about grades. My classmates in undergraduate education courses were aghast. My prof’s (who were John Dewey fans) nodded and smiled.

Is it just me or are images that show steps unnecessary? If the process has bounded and definable steps enumerate them. Putting the in boxes with arrows doesn’t explain them with any more clarity than a list. Projecting the list? Just capture the steps in single large words.

“Under the cloak of empirical evidence...” so many bad (and unsupported) ideas are accepted.

Yeah... so that question I answered for you two weeks ago, then you asked the exact same things again today... the answer has not changed. I know you did not like the answer the first time, but today's answer is no different.

Let’s be clear educators... there is a theory if learning that guides your teaching... you may not see it... you may deny it... but it is there.

Some people so enjoy pilot projects, they never move on from them.

Did you ever notice those with toxic positivity are also the people who give the most unsolicited advice on how everyone else should do their work.

Hey coders... it’s obvious when you don’t include users in your designs. Hey users... it’s obvious when you don’t pay attention to “this is how to use the system.”

“Fabricated AI dreck” is my new favorite phrase. #AI

Learning environments should evoke curiosity—not compliance. Dewey’s vision of the classroom as a miniature society demands relational thinking.

Faculty complaining about getting stuff from textbook publishers web sites... is it OK to respond “adopt an OER book?”

Your associates say a lot about you.

Transparency through data is valuable—but overload without context erodes trust. Leadership requires discernment, not just disclosure. #InformationFatigue

Data-driven leadership presumes objectivity—but who selects the metrics, and what remains unmeasured? No dashboard can fully capture institutional complexity. #LeadershipMetrics

Science is a collective act of imagination and inquiry. It reflects our persistent desire to understand, anticipate, and improve the world we inhabit. #ScienceAsHumanEndeavor

The aim of education is the continuous reconstruction of experience. Through progressive pedagogy, we cultivate not only intellect—but character. #JohnDewey

Yeah... that improvement you see in your data... how do you know it isn’t the Hawthorne effect?

Recent observation confirms jalapeño poppers should be made with peppers from the local farmers market, filed with Greek yogurt with some seasoning to taste, topped with local uncured bacon, and grilled until the peppers begin to get black spots.

I was the “teacher who told stories.” I’m surprised no one ever figured out the ones that were “off-topic” always came half-way through class and I watched the clock carefully during them.

When I started teaching 35+ years ago, there was much that I perceived to be “not my job;" basically everything outside of academics. My colleagues agreed. we were wrong.