Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

Advances in digital technologies that are available in the world today to support learning are among the most dramatic developments, as they have led to big changes in many aspects of our lives.

Professor Scott James has seen a huge number of significant changes during his time at Santiago Canyon College. Then again, that figures since he’s been there for more than a quarter century. Since ...