Gary’s Blog

  • Total Cost of Ownership of Technology
    When we make decisions about the technology to obtain in an organization, we must recognize there exists a total cost of ownership (TCO) which reflects the sum of all the costs associated with using any piece of technology or technology system (Consortium for School Networking, 2003). These costs can include infrastructure and utilities, costs related Read More
  • Changing Vision of Technology Literacy
    250: Changing Vision of Technology Literacy | RSS.com My views of the “technologically literate” individual have been emerging over the last few years due to generative AI. My views reinforce much that I have always believed about being a user of technology, but it is also bringing a fresh perspective on this aspect of modern Read More
  • On Personalized Learning
    In this post, I describe four types of personalized learning, each is quite different, and each is valuable for different purposes. These methods do engage students with your curriculum in ways that allow for deeper learning, but a clearer description of each will guide you know what you can accomplish with each one.  We can Read More
  • Why the AI “Alignment Problem” Isn’t as New as Tech Thinks
    In modern artificial intelligence circles, few concepts generate as much debate as the value alignment problem. Put simply, it is the challenge of ensuring autonomous AI systems pursue goals and generate solutions that genuinely align with human values and intent. With earlier generations of software, humans retained strict control. We wrote deterministic rules, curated the Read More
  • The Inquiring Technologist: Why Great Solution Design Begins with “Too Many” Questions
    I fond an old microblogging post that I posted about 4 years ago. I posted: When designing technology solutions, ask questions… lots of questions… too many questions. Users have many assumptions they believe you understand, but you don’t. I decided to see what would happen if I had AI compose a 500 word blog post Read More
  • How We Use Theories
    This is an exceprt from my book Efficacious Educational Technology. It is available under a Creative Commons license. You can find a link to it inder the “Get Gary’s Books” menu above. Educational researchers are almost always in search of interventions that will improve learning. When designing experiments to accomplish this, the changes made are Read More