Who’s Dave?

Well… a matter of a certain debate. I’m a father of two little critters and the partner of a very cool blogger. I’m a person who thinks about the variety of ways in which the world is changing and tries to make sense of it. My primary interests are how technologically mediated communities affect learning and how knowledge can be created by real folks when what we mean by knowledge is always what we mean by knowledge.

I work for UPEI as their web technology specialist… I’m not sure what this means, but i do do a variety of different things there that include the web. I’m also a (insert dreaded word) consultant that works on a variety of educational/community projects. I’m the manager of the Edtechtalk community of practice and am a member of a variety of other projects around the intertubes.

I like to discuss, I like to deconstruct and I like to find very simple, elegant solutions to problems. I firmly believe that most of the answers to our ills are already in our hands and that when you get the right people working in the right direction, just about anything is possible. I like to work on the ‘final version’ at the same time that I’m figuring out root causes to problems. I think, essentially, that things are interconnected, and that linear solutions to problems work in small, isolated ways, but that real change happens when you move an entire project at the same time. I am, however, also more and more of the belief that this kind of change requires very firm deadlines.

Probably the best example of my writing is from this article http://innovateonline.info/?view=article&id=550.

If you are looking to hire me for a project, I’m pretty much out of commission until the 1st of May of this year. My consulting practice is something I do outside of my day job and I like to choose projects that match my current interests. The contact button in the top right hand corner of this page is probably the easiest way to get hold of me.