EdTech for Tomorrow's Liberal Arts Curriculum

Presentation  for the 2025 Global Learning for an Open World Conference (GLOW) - November 19, 2025 3:30 pm EST

Professional Title:  Professor David L. Stoloff 

Professor, Education Department

School/Company/Organization

Eastern Connecticut State University

I represent a: school/university

Lead Speaker Country of Residence:

United States

Lead Speaker Bio:

David Stoloff, Professor of Educational Technology and Social Foundations,

Eastern Connecticut State University

I am a Professor in the Education Department at Eastern Connecticut State University, where I have taught courses in educational technology in our online graduate program and in the social foundations of education and liberal studies since 1995.

I have also taught in the Education Departments at SUNY-Plattsburgh, California State University, Los Angeles, and Sonoma State University. My professional career is founded on 5 years as a Peace Corps high school teacher in Zaire and in high schools in Israel and California.

I received my Ph.D. in Comparative and International Education from UCLA, M.A. in Educational Technology from Concordia University in Montreal, and my B.S. in Biology/Secondary Education from SUNY-Brockport.

Lead Speaker Headshot:

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Lead Speaker LinkedIn Profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stoloffdavid/

Will you have co-presenters?

No

Session Title:

EdTech for Tomorrow's Liberal Arts Curriculum

Presentation Short Description: 

For first-year and capstone liberal arts learning communities, encouraging exploration using SDGs, augmented imagination, & online tools.

Session Short Description:

In this Birds-of-a-Feather Session for university teacher education faculty, participants will share their insights on the applications of educational technology and augmented imagination to build learning communities that encourage exploration for participants in first-year liberal arts and capstone courses.   The applications of AI, Google Earth, Personal Archives for Learning, online presentation tools, and intercultural collaborations to support planning to fulfill the sustainable development goals will be examined.  

Session Full Description Actionable Advice: 

The use of tools like Copilot, Google Earth, NotebookLM, Googlesites as personal archives for learning, EXCEL for storing memories of learning that fulfill liberal arts outcomes and experiential competencies, and intercultural collaborations to support teacher education will be discussed.

Language(s) Used in Presentation:

English

Session Type:

Short Live Session (20 minutes including Q&A)

Session Format

Lightning Talk (20-minute live session)

Set this session to be:

Open Room

Websites (URLs) Associated with Your Presentation: 

https://sites.google.com/view/writingsdls/presentations/edtech-for-tomorrows-liberal-arts-curriculum

Conference Strand:

EdTech for Tomorrow: Innovating Learning Spaces

Intended Audience:  Educators, Higher Education Faculty

Conference Tags Associated with Your Presentation:

Artificial Intelligence

Curriculum and Assessment

Educational Technology

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)