About Technology Stewardship
What is technology stewardship? What are the roles and activities associated with technology stewards?
Etienne Wenger, Nancy White, and John D. Smith developed a simple definition of technology steward:
Technology stewards are people with enough experience of the workings of a community to understand its technology needs, and enough experience with technology to take leadership in addressing those needs. Stewardship typically includes selecting and configuring technology, as well as supporting its use in the practice of the community.
Source: Definition of Technology Steward, Learning Alliances, December 15, 2006. Please read the complete posting for further context.
Nancy White refers to technology stewardship as “technology with a community attitude. ” (see Nancy’s Seattle Ignite 2007 presentation on blip.tv)
The complexities of technology stewardship will be explored here at TechStew.