Comments on Proposed Course: The Learning Universe of Curtis J. Bonk

• Posted by George , Lecturer at Quite large state university system on March 17, 2011 at 9:00am EDT
• 1) Howard Rheingold-- he kind of does this himself with continual sharing of his own and others' work. If you bookmark (and tag/sort) it, you soon have enough topics for a decent seminar course.
  
  2) This would be pushing your premise, but of those NOT still with us, R. Buckminster Fuller. A chapter in Lawrence Snyder's (U. Wash.) textbook, Fluency with Information Technology, is devoted to a case study investigating Fuller and the approach (curiosity-driven research) is quite engaging. Fuller would make a great course.

• "Attending the Dr. Bonk School of Interactivity"
• Posted by Leah MacVie , instructional designer at Canisius College on March 17, 2011 at 9:30am EDT
• -One of my blog post titles on the horizon.
  
  I saw Dr. Bonk speak at the Sloan-C conference a few years ago. He continues to astound me.
  
  I believe his most prolific quality is not his passion, but also his productive, gift-giving mentality. He is constantly creating things of worth and freely sharing them with his colleagues and the world. He really is an inspiration for the rest of the academic community.
  
  If you haven't read the World is Open, at least check out the book's Web site. It will convince you that it's well worth the $15 Kindle book investment.

• Fun & Dr. Bonk
• Posted by Miko Pattie , Retired Librarian on March 17, 2011 at 11:00am EDT
• We had Bonk as a keynote at the launch of the KY Learning Depot, a collaborative repository of digital content for teaching & learning, in Nov. 2009. He gave a rousing keynote in costume! We need to have more like him to make teaching & learning fun and exciting. I would highly recommend him for faculty development.

• Is Bonk that unique?
• Posted by Betzi , Adjunct, doctoral candidate at Kent State University on March 17, 2011 at 12:00pm EDT
• A course should only be centered on one person if what that person has to say is truly unique. Bonk is great (I love his book The World is Open), but he is not the only educator in the Edupunk movement - Stephen Downes and George Siemens are two others that come to mind.
  
  Choosing one person to focus on kind of seems a little "fanboy-ish" to me. A better course would look at controversies and pros and cons of issues from different perspectives. In my opinion, this would lead to more balanced uses of technology that are grounded in pedagogy, not what one person thinks is the new cool thing.

• The Learnign Universe of Curt Bonk
• Posted by Guohua Pan , Instructional Designer at Southeast Missouri State University on March 17, 2011 at 2:45pm EDT
• I have had the honor to attend Dr. Bonk’s presentations, read his papers and books (and cited him). I admire his tireless efforts of promoting and practicing open education and use of technology. It is because of people like Dr. Bonk that open education becomes closer than ever to us. I am a huge fan, Dr. Bonk.

• educational technology
• Posted by Okhwa Lee , professor at Chungbuk National University,Korea on March 17, 2011 at 6:30pm EDT
• Dr. Bonk has been one of the most active educators who promotes open educational approaches with ICT in the world. Due to his effort and passion, we can learn what is going on in other part of the world. He is not only theorist but also activist in doing in what he believes in. I have never seen anyone who is this productive and creative. As shown in this article, he has created so rich resources open to the public for educators. In this, he is very unique and generous. I do admire his energy and intelligence which he has proven in the last more than 20 years. Thank you Curt for sharing your resources. Hoping to see his work in the future as now.

• Bonk Learning Universe
• Posted by Zoraini Wati Abas , Professor at Open University Malaysia on March 17, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT
• Dr. Bonk's enthusiasm to contribute and share his knowledge, observations, opinions and suggestions in diverse ways is hard to match. I used "The World is Open" as a text for one of our courses and every student (from about 10 different countries) not only enjoyed reading the book but learned so much from the stories and examples found in every chapter. Kudos to Curt who never fails to excite his colleagues and keep the field of instructional technology alive in ways never done before.

• It is Already Happening
• Posted by Mel dela Pena Bandalaria , Dean & Professor at University of the Philippines Open University on March 17, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT
• Most of the topics listed above are now being discussed in the course that I am teaching this term (Technology in Education) since about 50% of the resources that I am using are those by Dr. Bonk (the videos and the book The World is Open). Two learners activities centered on his works and on him: The first is for the learners to draw the nuggets of wisdom from his videos and the second (which serves as the integration for the course) is for them to come up with a question or two that they would ask Dr. Bonk if they have the opportunity- some questions already pertain to the learning universe of Curt Bonk.
  
  

• Dr. Bonk
• Posted by Veronica , Professor at Public Health, California State University, Long Beach on March 21, 2011 at 6:00pm EDT
• I would like to add that this is long overdue. Dr. Bonk has been instrumental in bringing the world of technology and education to many of us, open and free, so we would have the opportunity to access information that otherwise would not be available/accessible. In the public health discipline, through technology, The World is Open allowed me to think beyond the box, to have opportunities to reach the goal of reducing disparities in health status among different groups. Dr. Bonk has crossed disciplines, with talks focusing on health care including medicine, public health, and nursing. I was so fortunate to have collaborated with him in a e-learning research among public health professionals.