![]() Wedemeyer Award for Outstanding Practitioner in Distance Education. Distance Learning Association, the Most Innovative Teaching in a Distance Education Program Award from the State of Indiana, and, in 2014, the Mildred B. ![]() He received the CyberStar Award from the Indiana Information Technology Association, the Most Outstanding Achievement Award from the U.S. Drawing on his background as a corporate controller, CPA, educational psychologist, and instructional technologist, Bonk offers unique insights into the intersection of business, education, psychology, and technology. Those attending this talk should be cautioned to check their hearts and credits cards at the door since this will be an emotionally-packed talk intended to make you act.Ĭurt Bonk is Professor of Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University and President of CourseShare. It is time you joined in to build the future. ![]() This is a land of where nature (i.e., technology) meets nurture (i.e., pedagogy). They need access to a more free and open education today–one with high quality content, interactive and engaging tasks, and motivating technology use. Besides, there are hundreds of millions of people who cannot wait. No! We must all jump in and help build the changes we want to see. It is not time to relax and just let the “inevitable” future unfold in front of our eyes. The world of technology-enhanced learning, is looking up, up, up. Year after year, research reports and meta-analyses indicate that there are undeniable positive benefits of online teaching and learning. Every month, hundreds of new online courses, programs, and certificates are offered. Each week, thousands of schools, universities, corporations, and government offices announce strategic plans for e-learning. Each second of the day, dozens of learners discover shiny learning nuggets previous unknown. Look left, look right, look back, and then look dead-on straight ahead…what do you see? Of course, the air is filled with e-learning opportunities as well as talk of educational transformation.
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