About me
I’m Erik Christiansen, aninformation professional andeducator basedin Calgary, Alberta. I’m an Librarian at Mount Royal University, where I specialize in teaching research and digital literacy skills, and integrating emerging technologies into the classroom. With a diverse background that spans over ten years, I’m driven by my passion for technology and by making learning more accessible through the incorporation of open educational resources and open source tools.
As a long-time technology enthusiast, my expertise extends to user experience (UX) research, user interface (UI) design, and information architecture (AI), and I’m committed to making the web and user interfaces more accessible and user friendly. As a researcher, I focus on web usability and platforms for hosting openly licensed content. I’m a seasoned public speaker who has had the privileged of sharing my ideas with diverse audiences nationally and internationally.
Since 2013, I’ve been writing about trends in the technology industry, focusing on advances in mobile computing, user interface trends, and digital productivity tools. I’m interested in how new technologies impact our society and work. I also co-host the Examining podcast, where I share these ideas, provide hardware and software recommendations, and share productivity tips.
More details…
- My LinkedIn profile has a more fulsome list of my education, professional experience, and skills. A full version of my CV is available upon request.
- My academic works can also be found through my ORCiD and Google Scholar profiles. I love to collaborate with new people on research. If you’d like to work together, please give me a shout.
- I’m an active academic and my interests include open education, open pedagogy, usability, and history. Articles and book chapters I’ve written (solo and collaboratively) are listed on the publications page.
- Talks I’ve given at conferences, workshops I’ve delivered, and media interviews are listed on the presentations page.
- I’ve been blogging since 2013. I write articles about the technology industry, my thoughts on productivity tools and strategies, and post updates about my work and projects.
- From 2013-2022, I blogged about trends in the tech industry at tech-bytes.net. Many of my articles were republished on Medium. For several reasons, I decided to close Tech Bytes in April 2023. An archive of the blog is available for download from GitHub.
- I co-host “Examining” which is a technology and productivity-focused podcast with my colleague Kris Hans. Thank you to all listeners 🙏
- I love all things music and audio. I’ve been playing electric guitar for over fifteen years 🎸
Contact
Public email:
For general inquiries, comments, or potential opportunities please contact me at
hello [at] erikchristiansen [dot] net
University contact information:
You can easily reach me through my university email address and office phone number, which are readily accessible on my faculty profile page at https://library.mtroyal.ca/Erik.
Social
You can also connect with me through my social media profiles listed below.
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