Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“Content delivery” is a sign you misunderstand teaching.

If a student is hostile towards test or tester we cannot claim it measures what is is supposed to.

Naming a situation isn’t that same as solving the problem.

If you department doesn't have the "bandwidth" for their responsibilities, please don't delegate it to others. We are already busy doing our work.

"We need a business analyst for our educational users." Yeah, I know the role of business analysts, but let's be clear that most have no expertise to make accurate analyses.

Every rotten idea is promoted with a great name.

Here is your regular reminder that students are not "kiddos" and adults are not "rock stars."

I'm not interested in learning (or teaching) ideas that cannot be criticized .

Should alchemy be taught along side chemistry? I mean, some folks really believe it, and we should be fair.

One thing I learned during 35 years in education: Leaders are not as interested in solving problems as they are interested in having situations that can use as excuses.

Perhaps the most difficult lesson to learn as a teacher is that not everyone is as enamored with the subject as your are.

If you are the only person convinced by your argument, it isn’t very good.

Echo chambers are real.

See that the imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
-Richard P. Feynman

"This technology will change everything" is hyperbole.

Are we at the point where we should include astrology in astronomy courses? I mean, lots of folks think its real and we should be fair to them right?

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.
- Robert Oppenheimer

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
-Richard Feynman

“The dogmatist within is always worse than the enemy without.”
― Stephen Jay Gould

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