What Educational Technology Means to Me

Abstract

Concordia University, Graduate Programme in Educational Technology, 40th Anniversary Conference, Opening keynote address (by video), 28 June 2009, What Educational Technology Means to Me, Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning // I came to the Ed. Tech. programme already holding respectable degrees from the universities of Oxford and Paris; but I can honestly say that the Ed. Tech. programme has changed my life more than any other course of study. Maybe that also qualifies me for this spot on the programme – and it is a good lead-in to what I am going to say. If you are looking for a savant disquisition on the theory of educational technology then I suggest you go and get a coffee. This is going to be an autobiographical and anecdotal account of what educational technology means to me. // Indeed, since I like to give a title to every speech, today’s title just that: What Educational Technology Means to Me.