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2019, A Year of Technology Overload? During this past Spring, I was introduced to a friend of a friend and the conversation went something like this: “So, what do you do for a living?” “I’m a college instructor.” “So, what do you teach?” “Anatomy and Physiology.” “That must be easy, since the human body doesn’t change!” My face erupted in an awkward smile and a forced but stilted laugh exited my lips. Alas, it may seem that once you learn all of the parts of the body and how they work, simply teaching it would be easy. Perhaps in an earlier time of glossy overheads, preserved cats and pigs, and blackboards with real chalk, it was easier. I remember my professors standing in front of the class and lecturing for hours while we scrambled to write down every word. There were no online resources like videos, learning management systems or virtual labs. What flowed out of the professor’s mouth was like a golden river of knowledge while we knelt raising c...