The Liberal Arts of Ed Tech

By Joshua Kim. This post is a mash note to all my colleagues with ed tech jobs and liberal arts backgrounds.  
Are you part of this club? Were you a history major, a sociology grad student? (Yes and yes for yours truly). Did you concentrate in English with a minor in Women's Studies? Linguistics or literature, philosophy or political science?
And have you found that your liberal arts undergraduate or graduate background has led you to ed tech? Perhaps a learning designer, application administrator, educational technologist, or support professional? 
Yesterday it was lit theory, today it is learning theory. Once you discussed Jane Austen, today you are up to speed on educational iPad apps. From linguistics to the LMS, the Great Books to Google Apps.
The thing is - you are not alone. The liberal arts tribe of ed techies is growing. Why could this be so? 
As in most things in life, the answer has to do with supply and demand. Read more...