Technology + Education: EXPO showcases state-of-the-art learning

Keith McDaniel, a LDT graduate student, shows off his nutritional food applicati — Keith McDaniel

Technology + Education: EXPO showcases state-of-the-art learning

Around 300 people attended Wallenberg Hall to try out the latest gadgets from Stanford students in the Learning, Design & Technology (LDT) program.

August 5, 2010

The Stanford Daily

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Around 300 people crowded around the display tables set up in Wallenberg Hall last Friday, all of them eager to try out the latest gadgets from Stanford students in the Learning, Design & Technology (LDT) program. But although the image calls to mind children in a toy store, most of the people at LDT EXPO 2010 were in fact adults, looking at what might be the future of education.

LDT, a master’s program, is a graduate program in the School of Education that focuses on innovating education using state-of-the-art technology and entrepreneurship. Students coming from all fields may enter the program to take classes on business, technology and education, in order to combine the different fields to create a new way to learn.

“Students design a technology-enhanced learning experience, conceived and developed on their own initiative,” wrote LDT Program Advisor Jesse Foster in an e-mail to The Daily. “They spend an average of 300 hours and complete projects with modest assistance from faculty and others.”