Curtis J. Bonk is Professor in the School of Education at Indiana University (IU) teaching psychology and technology courses and Adjunct in the School of Informatics at IU. He is a former software entrepreneur, certified public accountant, corporate controller, and educational psychologist who presently is an educational technologist, award-winning writer, highly published researcher, statewide and national awardee in innovative teaching with technology, and internationally acclaimed presenter. Curt is the author of nearly 400 publications and has given close to 2,000 talks around the world. In 2020, Curt was awarded the IU President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Technology and in 2021, he received the David H. Jonassen Excellence in Research Award. Recently, the American Educational Research Association named him a 2022 AERA Fellow for his exceptional contributions to, and excellence in, education research, and the following week, he was honored with the International Engagement award from the IU School of Education. He co-hosts the weekly award-winning podcast show, Silver Lining for Learning (https://silverliningforlearning.org/). He can be contacted at cjbonk@indiana.edu and his homepage is http://curtbonk.com/.
Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/538a50d7-7776-4c81-9911-740a54ff84e5-076-Curtis-Bonk.mp3 | recorded November 2022
Curt’s personal homepage: http://curtbonk.com/
Curt’s blog: http://travelinedman.blogspot.com/
Curt’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cjbonk
Curt’s Academia.edu: https://indiana.academia.edu/CurtBonk
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Curt’s ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Curt-Bonk
Curt’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TravelinEdMan
Nominated works (free to access):
- Bonk, C. J., & Khoo, E. (2014). Adding Some TEC-VARIETY: 100+ Activities for Motivating and Retaining Learners Online. OpenWorldBooks.com and Amazon CreateSpace. Note: Free eBook available at: http://tec-variety.com/;
- Khoo, E., & Bonk, C. J. (2022). Motivating and Supporting Online Learners. Burnaby, BC, Canada: Commonwealth of Learning. Free book available: http://hdl.handle.net/11599/4481 and free course available: https://colcommons.org/welcome/coursedetails/8; https://www.colvee.org/
- Bonk, C. J. (2020). Pandemic ponderings, 30 years to today: Synchronous signals, saviors, or survivors? Distance Education, 41(4), 589-599. https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2020.1821610 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01587919.2020.1821610?needAccess=true
- Bonk, C. J., & Wiley, D. (2020). Preface: Reflections on the waves of emerging learning technology. Educational Technology Research and Development (ETR&D), 68(4), 1595-1612. DOI 10.1007/s11423-020-09809-x. Available: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11423-020-09809-x.pdf
- Bonk, C. J., & Lee, M. M. (2017). Motivations, achievements, and challenges of self-directed informal learners in open educational environments and MOOCs. Journal of Learning for Development, 4(1), 36-57. Retrieved from http://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/195/188; TOC: http://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/issue/view/11
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