Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Those companies whose stock crashed “because of AI.” Isn’t it disingenuous to label them “education” companies?

Flipping to the back of a Scientific American from a few years ago, I find a warning that “computers constitute a dangerous threat to privacy” in the 50 years ago column.

If you didn’t change, you didn’t learn.

Let’s stop conflating using vocabulary with understanding.

Seriously, stop using kiddos when you mean students.

Yeah… actually, I am familiar with your argument. It has been rejected by reason and data. I’m under no obligation to take it seriously.

t is fun to go to research conferences and watch qualitative researchers feign interest in quantitative studies.

Hey tech people… if you aren’t talking to users, your designs will fail.

ChatGPT can write emails for me!

Yeah, back in my day, we used templates.

When I’m in a research mindset, clear and precise definitions are important; when I’m in an understanding mindset, concepts are much more important.

ChatGPT can write a syllabus!

Yeah… back in my day, we would look at the table of contents of a textbook.

Here is your regular reminder that “average” doesn’t tell you anything meaningful.

Yeah, your post with an infographic on learning styles… I will not reposting it.

I want a t-shirt with rather specific sayings/ images. I can upload my designs and get as many as I want. It’s a great time to be alive.

Some students go to school to learn the curriculum, others go to learn to game the system.

“Much that I have been taught is not true.” Some students speak with great wisdom.

When I’m interviewing candidates, I watch where they look on after asking a question that requires thought. If they “stare off” and avoid eye contact for a moment, I know they are giving their answer some thought, so I should pay particular attention to it.

We are at the point in the semester where requests begin with, “I know I should have asked about this earlier,” and end with “will it be done tomorrow?”

The problem with competence: your area of responsibility is perceived to be problem-free, so support for it is cut.

Discussing generative AI with faculty: "Figuring out this is going to be harder that we think, and we think it is going to be hard."