Today’s conversation is all about having a critical conversation on teaching and learning with technology, which couldn’t be more relevant to the present moment since COVID-19 proving nothing but the fact that we need to have well thought through mixed-modes of instruction, including that of the digital. Where has my own authority within learning design, a field that has always been at the forefront in the discourse around pedagogy as it anticipates the future of learning, positioned me? What misconceptions do we have about technology and how can we gain a better handle on thinking about our use of it more critically? How do we integrate its role into our productivity and learning going forwards?