What Technology Taught Me About Curriculum Design

Across multiple modules, I learned that technology does not transform learning; design does. Tech becomes instructional when it reduces cognitive load, multiplies access pathways, amplifies student voice, supports multimodal processing, and enables collaborative meaning-making. Conversely, it becomes a barrier when tools misalign with learning goals, students lack digital literacy, teachers lack training, or platforms overwhelm rather than support thinking. These patterns echo national guidance on inclusive EdTech use (Darling-Hammond et al., 2020; U.S. Department of Education, 2021).