The purpose of the course isn’t to create a thread of instruction, but rather to help people interested in a topic discover and recommend resources to each other, creating a local and temporary network linking events, groups and communities, and videos and activities.
This would be interesting framed as a way for teachers to "do" professional development together.
Each of these professionals is immensely aided by new technologies they use daily yet their work depends upon human interaction and unfolding relationships.
This is most certainly true and I often sense a strain on those who strongly believe this to imagine how technology can really benefit. It is almost seen as a zero sum game, with relationships at odds with "tech".