Embrace Uncertainty (by declaring something?)

So, we've entered the half-way point of #rhizo14. The original topic title had something to do with Declaring your Learning. This of course brought on memories of jokes of airports and questions like "anything to declare?" and smart-alec responses to this question. Declaring is also Stage 3 of a success in a MOOC , so I guess it made sense in a way that this was during week 3. That said, the topic has changed to "Embrace Uncertainty." I wonder if this was by design, one topic disappearing, and another appearing, thus epitomizing uncertainty, or if it was purely coincidental. In any case, one of the thinking points this week is how do we embrace uncertainty in learning? I guess, my first question is "from whose perspective?" From the perspective of the learner? Or from that of the Instructor? I know, from my own perspective, I have a ton of books at home on teaching, learning, and linguistics that I would LOVE to just stop everything and read...