Curtis J. Bonk
Curtis J. Bonk
Curtis J. Bonk is Professor of Instructional Systems Technology (Newer IST page) in the School of Education at Indiana University.
Curt is affiliated with the cognitive sciences program and is adjunct in the School of Informatics at IU.
He founded SurveyShare, Inc. in 2003 which he sold in 2010.
In addition, he has been founder and president of CourseShare, LLC since 1999.
Before coming to IU in 1992, Curt taught at West Virginia University for three years.
In the early 1980s, he was a CPA and corporate controller in Wisconsin, while in the late 80s, he obtained his Master's and Ph.D. degrees in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (see his bio for more detailed information).
Professor Bonk firmly believes in distance learning since he is a product of it.
Dr. Bonk has been filmed in Dallas for a STARLINK program on blended learning, the Web 2.0, and best practices for teaching online.
Curt is a popular conference speaker with several books in the area of emerging technologies for learning (see also Amazon author profile).
He is currently conducting research in the field of self-directed open learning environments, online motivation, and Extreme Learning.