Teachers, teaching or tools : what should be the staff development focus in blended learning?

I recently attended a conference on the future of learning in higher education and in busi-ness contexts. There were workshops on a range of learning and teaching approaches in-cluding explorations into the roles of curiosity, play, narrative, metaphor and experience. Where was the technology in this learning future? Was it invisible because it was seen as just a tool that was available to be used, or was it seen as inappropriate in the service of learning and teaching?