"And perhaps that’s the thread connecting critical thinking, citizenship, and democracy: they all depend on an uneasy kind of freedom. The freedom to make mistakes, to challenge others, and to remain in disagreement – without anyone being lectured on what the 'right' way to think is." https://theeconomyofmeaning.com/2025/10/28/do-you-really-want-students-to-think-critically/ #PKMastery

Dave makes the point that we do all this stuff before we ever meet the students... My point? In addition to his... How hard it is to do all the stuff beforehand, particularly if there's nothing to go from in existence. Course design the way I learned... a flowchart. It's for week three of our introduction of Humanizing Digital Learning course we're teaching this week. Draft ver. 1. pic.twitter.com/zRnBjLjCLR— dave cormier (@davecormier) May 22, 2023

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Getting to Know the “Average Student” Learners are infinitely variable; it doesn’t make sense to teach to an "average student" because there is no such thing. That said, faculty sometimes picture a younger version of themselves when they think of an average student. See below for a list of books ...