When it comes to learning about edtech, I’ve noticed a pattern among adult learners (including me!). They/we routinely enter into learning about tech feeling like they are way behind or have little to gain.

This observation was affirmed by pre- and post-session data. I reframe this attitude by explaining the research that our schema for understanding technology is established between the ages of 15 to 35. When we consider the speed at which tech evolves and where tech was during those ages of their life, people realize the standard they’re holding themselves to is untenable and unnecessary. Presenting this data opens pathways to learning that were initially blocked and builds bridges from their existing knowledge and strategies to their desired skills and practices.