My objective with this blog is to provide you with a broad-range of insights and resources regarding educational technology. Although the focus will be on integrating technology within institutions of higher education, K-12 teachers, administrators, and parents of students within K-12 will also benefit from these resources. I hope to address the quickly-changing landscapes out there, helping folks keep a pulse check on such items as:
- 1:1 computing, AI, personalized learning
- “The Forthcoming Walmart of Education”; changing business models, opportunities, and threats within the world of higher education
- The disruptive power of technology
- What elements should be in your learning ecosystem
- Keeping students engaged
- Digital storytelling
- Multimedia (tools, techniques, trends, other)
- Mobile learning
- Building your global network
- Instructional design
- Web design and production
- …as well as other educationally-related topics.
To get an idea of my views on the above topics — along with some of the other topics I’ve covered in the last 3 years — please feel free to review my personal site at Calvin College. Here’s an example archives page covering all of 2009: http://www.calvin.edu/~dsc8/announcement_archives_2009.htm
I look forward to our future discussions as we try to make our individual and corporate contributions to the worlds of education…thereby making the entire world a better place.
Sincerely,
Daniel S. Christian








Hi Daniel, I’m looking forward to reading your posts especially the analogy between ecosystems and learning. Great choice of blog title, very popular all of a sudden…
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i was starting to consider i might probably end up being the sole woman / man whom cared about this, at the least at this point i know i’m not insane
i will make it a point to look at a couple of various other posts immediately after i get my morning caffeine in me, it is challanging to read with out my coffee, take care
Excellent on both counts! Not only on reaching for a good cup of bold coffee, but also on knowing that you aren’t the only one trying to get a particular perspective across.
I know how it feels to think you are the only one who holds a particular perspective. I look forward to our conversations.
Thanks,
Daniel