UNC Charlotte’s Center for Teaching and Learning
and University College Invite
All Faculty to Join Us for a Presentation by

Dr. Curt Bonk:

Active Learning With Technology:
Myths, Magic, and Mucho Motivation

Tuesday, May 13, from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
College of Health and Human Services 155

Myths and debates abound about the benefits of technology integration in higher education, especially with the explosion of online course enrollments. Based on extensive research, Dr. Curt Bonk will dispel the myths and reveal a few technology magic tricks to help instructors and course designers focus on effective teaching and learning with technology. Dr. Bonk will highlight instructional technologies and pedagogical strategies currently emerging to meet diverse student needs. Within several contexts such as face-to-face classrooms, e-learning and blended learning, he will illustrate effective applications of technology to address different student learning styles and motivation. He will also provide dozens of active learning ideas and solutions that motivate students and creatively engage them in deeper learning experiences. Instead of relying on magic, these techniques will be based on ten motivational principles related to tone or climate, feedback, engagement, meaningfulness, choice, variety, curiosity, tension, interactivity and collaboration, and goal setting.

About Curt Bonk:

Dr. Curt Bonk is Professor of Instructional Systems Technology in the School of Education at Indiana University and adjunct in the School of Informatics and in 2007 was named Visiting Professor at the University of Glamorgan in Wales. Dr. Bonk was recently a Senior Research Fellow with the Advanced Distributed Learning Lab within the Department of Defense, and he has received numerous teaching and mentoring awards from IU as well as the CyberStar Award from the Indiana Information Technology Association, the Most Outstanding Achievement Award from the U.S. Distance Learning Association, and the Most Innovative Teaching in a Distance Education Program Award from the State of Indiana. Curt has had over 800 talks around the globe related to online teaching and learning, including ones at universities in China, Taiwan, Thailand, Korea, Finland, Ireland, Singapore, Spain, Iceland, the UK, and the Saudi Arabia. In addition, he has nearly 200 publications on topics such as online learning pedagogy, massive multiplayer online gaming, wikibooks, blogging, open source software, collaborative technologies, and synchronous and asynchronous computer conferencing. His highly popular book, “Handbook of Blended Learning Environments: Global Perspectives, Local Designs,” was published by Pfeiffer in 2006. He is now working on a series of books, including one with Jossey-Bass on “Empowering Online Learning.”

This is the keynote address for the Summer Institute, “Rethinking the Large Lecture: Strategies for Engaging Students,” but our entire campus community is invited for this special event.

We hope you will attend!