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The Plan Is That There Is No Plan (or, rather, several)

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Students will not have only a single career. Our task is education for agility, fluidity, critical and creative thinking, and engaged citizenship for a series of careers. My working life’s series of careers has had no pattern discernible to anyone else. Here I describe history, influences, and insights—my journey, destinations, and evolving leadership perspective.

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  • Hergert, T. R. (2003). Consultants’ dilemmas: Trust, ethics, and effective practice across cultures, in Tech Trends 47:6, November/December 2003. Bloomington: Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

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  • Monroe-Baillargeon, A. P., & Hergert, T. R. (2000). Dilemmas of collaboration: Video case studies of collaborative teaching teams in inclusive classrooms. In R. Griffin, W. Gibbs, & V. Williams (Eds.), Natural vistas: Visual literacy and the world around Us. Loretto: Selected Readings from the International Visual Literacy Association.

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  • Hergert, T. R., Holmes, G., & Tlou, J. (1995). Two applied revisions of a multimedia tool: Assessing attitudes towards computer technology and cultural diversity. In D. Beauchamp, R. Braden, & R. Griffin (Eds.), Imagery and visual literacy. Blacksburg: Selected Readings from the International Visual Literacy Association.

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Hergert, T. (2019). The Plan Is That There Is No Plan (or, rather, several). In: Miller, C.T., Piña, A.A. (eds) Lessons in Leadership in the Field of Educational Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29501-1_13

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