Testimonials and Reviews of Dr. Bonk's Workshops and Keynote Presentations:
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“I'd like to thank you again for your most inspiring and informative keynote speech concerning AI, ChatGPT, and mega trends in learning, which shed light on my future research interests and instructional design thinking!”
Chen Meng, Doctoral Student, Instructional Systems Technology
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“How nice it was to meet you and to introduce your session last week at UPCEA! The insights you provided were excellent and a value-add to the conference. I also appreciated the humor you brought to an early morning session.”
“Thanks for sharing these resources from your new talk on "Harnessing Generative AI for Enhanced Learning!" Looks like a lot of students benefited from your great talks! You are truly an edtech best practice evangelist!”
“It was a welcome boost of inspiration to catch part of your Contact North webinar today. The timing is great, as we start our new academic year on Monday. I look forward to exploring the resources more, and would be happy for any tips or links you can share. By the way, I've been a long-time fan of your ideas. Thank you for sharing your contagious enthusiasm for teaching. All the best for 2024.”
“What an inspiring tour of the cutting-edge technologies, learning environments, and creative initiatives around the world with insightful identification of mega trends in the learning space. I learned a lot! Thank you!”
“Thank you so much for your insightful talk on AI pedagogy for Contact North this morning! I truly appreciate your continued leadership in online teaching and learning! Also, your free publications/resources are definitely cherished by a large global audience.”
“I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for your outstanding presentation on the CN AP Consortium on Wednesday. Your insights and expertise were invaluable to our audience, and your contribution greatly enriched the discussion. We have received overwhelmingly positive feedback…thank you for your time and effort in delivering such an informative and impactful presentation. Thank you once again for your dedication and expertise!”
“Thank you, Dr. Bonk, for delivering the top-notch speech. I can tell how engaged the attendees were. You lit up the room! You are the best scholar, presenter, and photographer we can get 😀 Thank you so much for your huge and continuous support of the CN!”
“Thank you so much for your speech. I learned a lot! I can also feel your enthusiasm and happiness on the other side of the screen, making the speech even more inspiring and interesting.”
Cat M. T. Cheng
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“Thank you so much for your very inspiring talk. This is my first time listen to your talk and you are really a great speaker.”
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Bo Jiang
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“Thank you, professor Bonk, for the wonderful speech! Informative, inspiring, engaging, and humorous as always! I'm going to use the AI tools you introduced in teaching. These can be very helpful!”
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Limei Cao, Instructor
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“We are indeed appreciative of you in taking the time, amid of your very busy schedule, to deliver your presentation to us at the Australia/Korea e-symposium held recently on the topic of learning loss. I am sure that all of our attendees and participants benefited greatly by the impactful presentation you delivered. Your energy, passion and commitment to teaching innovation and self-directed learning has personally empowered me. Moreover, we are also appreciative of you in also taking the time, in giving your very insightful inputs, in the 'way-forward' panel discussion.”
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Dr. Tommy Soesmanto
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“Wow, thank you very much for your exemplary UKZN presentation, Curt. Your presentation exemplified the principles of thoughtful use of technology, while being simultaneously entertaining and memorably edifying.”
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Prof Rubby Dhunpath, PhD,|
“Thank you for an inspiring unforgettable presentation – I nearly had a heart attack because of the high adrenaline level due to the excitement. Once more thank you for the great presentation – You are not alone!”
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Dr. Jameson Goto
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“Super intensive content in your talk- loving the keynote.”
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“Thank you so much for you’re amazing talk yesterday. I am so inspired by what you have done in terms of pivoting with Covid and making it an opportunity to provide fantastic learning opportunities for learning designers and technologies worldwide!! Much appreciated.”
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Willi Savenye
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“Thank you for presenting such an energetic and inspiring webinar this morning! We have a push to reduce textbook costs (eliminate textbooks where possible), and you reminded all of us of the wealth of resources that are available through OER. I am already making plans to turn to Silver Lining for Learning in one of the doctoral courses that I will teach in the spring. Your enthusiasm is contagious, and my guess is that students love to be in your classes. It is obvious that you know how to make learning engaging–and fun! Thanks again for your leadership in educational technology and for your excellent presentation today!”
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Deborah Cockerham, Ph.D.
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“Thank you very much for your presentation. I appreciate your energy and continue to draw a lot of energy and inspiration from your presentation this morning. You provided a lot of information on the slides.
Thank you very much!”
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Tai-Yi (Fischer) Huang, Ph.D
“Thank you so much for the inspiring workshop. 85 participants joined (What a number!) and I am sure they got motivated with your energetic presentation.”
Yoon Joo Lee
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“I was motivated to register for the conference because I saw you were the plenary speaker!! Your slides are absolutely incredible, replete with interesting suggestions and resources. Don't blush... but besides being a great lecturer, you are extremely generous. Your SlideShare site is just one example among many.”
Dr. Miriam Schcolnik
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“I went to your session this morning. Thanks for the powerful presentation. It was impressive that you updated the presentation materials with yesterday's news articles. It was very informative and cognitively stimulating. I am now motivated to keep up with all the technology tools.”
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Sung Yeon Kim, Professor
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“Everyone was excited about your very insightful talk. I myself have also found it truly engaging and interesting. Your talk has brought me lots of fun ideas for my teaching (I'll be teaching technology-mediated language learning to pre-service teachers in the fall) and future research. So once again thank you for the great talk!”
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YeonJoo Jung, Ph.D.|
“It was a great talk! I think what you did today presenting a pedagogical concept to categorize and organize is wonderful for educators to understand this new arena; especially those who are overwhelmed by the dazzling digital tools they meet but don’t get the essence of Web culture yet. You are the best!!!”
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Shir Boim Shwartz|
“Thank you very much for giving a keynote speech in our Research Postgraduate Conference on May 28, 2021 (HKT) / May 27, 2021 (Bloomington, Indiana, USA time). It was very well received and many students commented in the post-conference evaluation that they found your talk very inspiring / enlightening / thought provoking / fantastic / intriguing / interesting / interactive / lively / helpful… They praised that you are very passionate and they liked your presentation style very much! We are so honoured to have you giving the keynote seminar at this RPC.”
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Kit Chow
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“Thank you so much for sharing these materials with me! They are inspirational and magical! I feel empowered just after attending two weeks of meetings. I will try to join the next weeks' sessions as these meetings are helping me to shape my future vision. Thank you!”
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“On behalf of Office of Education Research, I would like to express our deepest gratitude for contributing your time and experience to deliver such an absolutely dynamic and inspiring talk. Certainly, our webinar series has commenced in a high note because of your excellent sharing. Indeed, judging from the range of the questions raised, our audience, mostly comprising local policymakers and practitioners, are hungry of the relevant knowledge. I believe that your talk has pointed them the directions to pursue such knowledge - and your website is no doubt a great starting point for them.”
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Lung Hsiang Wong
Senior Research Scientist and the Co-Director of the Learning Sciences and Innovations Research Programme
“I so love it. Am watching the videos. So so informative and timely. Wow!! I will share with my director and other teachers as well. Am so impressed with your work.”
Christinah Hambira
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“I would like to let you know how much we appreciate your valuable guidance and support for us!! We truly appreciate how you have taken the time to guide us and your glorious research and teaching philosophy has encouraged us a lot and shown a profound impact on us. We are so thankful to have you as a wonderful friend and collaborator. Your great contribution has been a huge part of our success.”
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Joanna (Na) Zhong, Ph.D.
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“I would also like to thank Prof. Curt Bonk for his valuable presentation. This was an exciting and inspiring presentation with information to cope with the challenges facing due to COVID 19 pandemic situation.”
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Dr. Sasikala Kugamoorthy|
“Thank you very much for sharing this valuable presentation with us.I can't really explain how inspired me by this presentation, no words. Really it was a beautiful two hours trip to the online learning world. Prof. Bonk opened us a huge door to obtain e–learning experiences. The way of his presentation was marvelous and the presentation was linked with various subject areas. We were lucky to meet such a great teacher by this webinar. I have watched his other webinar which you informed us previously. So think we have to do reflections and a lot of practice with these novel ideas. Thank you very much again!”
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Dr. Chandrakanthi Kandangama
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“It was a very interesting and useful session as lots of possibilities and available tools were shown. Didn’t realise it was a virtual event (except when technology failed) or the time passing at all. Curtis Bonk is a good example for all of us on how to keep an audience fully engaged and improve impact during online presentations. This is the second time I listened to him – the first time was no different.”
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THANK YOU SO MUCH CURT...!!! THAT WAS A GREAT SESSION...!!!”
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“Dr. Bonk was so insightful and entertaining too! I learned so much and enjoyed the presentation.”
Kelley Rowe |
“Excellent keynote presentation and loved your closing notes and discussion…Now you really have me thinking about the future of education… I think “flexibility” is the key word for this school year…Thank you again for making a difference!”
Suzanne Infante
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Summary Comments from Conference Keynote Delivered Friday November 13, 2020:
“Excellent presentation! Makes you think about the future of education. I have great respect for the knowledge of the presenter. He had a very down-to- earth presentational style. So glad to be able to review his extraordinary slideshow.”
“I have had the honor to see/listen to Dr. Bonk at previous conferences. His slides are filled with wonderful links and resources and his method of presentation is so friendly and helpful. It was truly a pleasure to attend today's conference and I'm looking forward to future events!” “Very well organized! Great workshop choices! Invite Dr. Bonk again!” “Extremely informative...Dr. Bonk is so knowledgeable.” “The Key Note speaker was excellent. He provided an incredible array of online reference materials.” “The Key Note address was fantastic! He was amazing.” “Curt is so knowledgeable and is a compelling speaker!” “Invite Dr. Bonk again!”
William Paterson University
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“Thank you very much again for such a wonderful lecture you offered yesterday. I have learned lots of useful tips for the online teaching from you lecture. Many thanks and look forward to your kind advices.
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Joanna Zhong
“It was such a joy to be part of your presentation today! I am a nursing educator and love to learn more from you! Thank you for your energy and childlike spirit that everybody needs nowadays!”
Olivia Li, RN, MSN, EdD |
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“Your training brought me to another level. Thank you very much! I am a K-6 Reading Specialist for at-risk students in an inner city school located in New Jersey…Your webinar made me a better teacher. Thank you!”
Suzanne Infante, Reading Specialist |
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“Thanks for the great webinar this morning. The participants obtained many great strategies that can be implemented in their classrooms. I am really engaged in reading your book now - I love both models. I started to choose the elements that I am going to incorporate into my fall courses. I appreciate all of your brilliant work.”
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Heejung An, Ed.D|
“Everyone really enjoyed your sessions. In fact, some are taking some of your ideas and trying to implement them in their courses. So, that says a lot! Everyone also keeps commenting on your energy--which they saw and felt. Keep it up!”
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Sandra DeLozier|
“I would like to thank you for excellent presentation yesterday and today. I really enjoy your discussion about learning technologies that's coming this decade. Everyone really appreciates you being here sharing important knowledge with us. Thank you again for your visit here at Ft. San Houston.”
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Gerald Hernandez|
“I recently signed in to the PennGSE site and am now finishing a course on Online Learning which was given in 2017. I just finished watching an interview with you and was amazed at your contribution to the field of online learning and teaching. I truly appreciate your sharing of your wonderful ideas on how beginners like myself could begin dipping my toes in the water of online teaching. Honestly, I got into this because of the recent events. I did not realize the real importance of technology until I had to be the one to convince my teachers (I work in a K-12 school as head for training) to make the shift because of the new generation of learners. I did not see the full need of online teaching and learning because we were always inside the classroom and the teachers were always facing the students physically. Who would have imagined that this event could change the educational landscape of the world.
You are inspiring. God bless you and your work. Stay safe, Dr. Bonk.”
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Luden Salamat
LUIS PRUDENCIO G. SALAMAT|
“Dr. Bonk does an excellent job of establishing instructor presence in his courses by regularly sending out announcements and participating in discussion forums. The non-required synchronous opportunities make the course feel more like a community. Also, I really appreciate the fact that he reaches out individually by email to check in, share resources, and provide feedback. Additionally, it warmed my heart to receive his feedback on my midterm reflection paper. He wrote comments throughout that resemble a conversation as he engaged with what I had written - Not many professors at the graduate level demonstrate such rich interaction with students, especially online. Thank you :)”
Simply put–Dr. Bonk lives an inspirational life - his energy and passion for teaching and learning inspires me.”
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Carrie A. Hansel|
“Heartfelt thanks from the team for all of your efforts at the event yesterday. You certainly wowed the crowd.”
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Anna Johnston|
“I just wanted you to know how much we appreciated your presentation on August 15 and the book you gave me regarding MOOCs and open education. Due to my long history in education and my belief in the power of excellence in teaching and learning, your presentation was very meaningful to me. Thank you for your commitment, energy, and enthusiasm in sharing your insights in such an effective way. I’m sure your thoughts and ideas will permeate our institution and advance the quality of education we offer our students. Again, thanks for your visit and the book.”
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Daniel J. Elsener|
“Thanks for presenting at ILRN in Coimbra! Your presentation was inspiring to a lot of participants.”
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Jonathan Richter|
“I am very glad to meet you at the 5th International PBL Symposium at Republic Polytechnic in Singapore a couple of weeks ago. I was inspired by your speech. Always keep your wonderful energy going and flowing to others.”
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Dr Siva Chandrasekaran|
“Curt, what a terrific keynote you gave. My colleagues were 100% engaged. We could have sat there all afternoon sharing ideas. Thanks again.”
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Beth Gazley, Ph.D.|
“On behalf of both Beth Gazley and myself, I wanted to reach out and say thank you one more time for your great presentation for the SPEA Online Teaching Workshop. You definitely helped us in starting conversations among our current online faculty about increasing levels of student engagement in their courses, and also sparked interest in online teaching among our other faculty who are not currently teaching online.”
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Daniel O’Donnell|
“I had participated for the PSU's workshop on March 13th, 2017 and would like to grateful thank to you for opening the world of” Blended learning” which inspires me to have passion in developing pedagogic innovations for our students and communities. Your TEC-VARIETY’ s book which I received from you has really more varieties to explore, engaging reading and being practical tools for me and my colleagues. I am really enjoyed the chapter 14 in that book. Once again, as an economist, I can say that “ Blended learning “ creates the economies of scale and much productive.”
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Sopin Jirakiattikul, Ph.D.|
“Thank you for your highly engaging workshop on 16 Mar. It was really an eye-opener for me to bring back numerous useful techniques that I could use in my class. Not to forget your “$1 million dollar” but far more importance is the “Adding Some TEC-Variety” book that would be very handy for me in the future.”
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Hoo Chee Wai, Senior Lecturer|
“I want to thank you again and express my appreciation for your lectures and inspiring presentations I have attended, and for the knowledge I have gained from them. Your ability to present the subject of "Students' Motivation" in such an interesting way, produced one of the most memorable events I ever attended. The subject very timely and appropriate for me as an instructor. Also I want to thank you for the book that you generously offered to me.”
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Angela Trubceac, Doctoral Student
“Thank you so much for coming to Drexel. No one speaks the Truth quite like Tolkien through you :)”
Barbara Askinas |
“I was very impressed by your lecture not only the introduction of new technologies but also your interactive lecturing. It was like seeing an opera for me. To make audience stand-up and sit-down, a book present event, wearing hat during the lecture and so on.”
Prof. Jangmook Kang |
“I work at the Center for Teaching and Learning(CTL) of Chungbuk National University(CBNU). Prof. Okhwa Lee, my academic adviser, gave CBNU students a great opportunity to meet you and to participate in your talks. Personally, it's my honor to attend three of your presentations at CBNU and to get your “Adding Some TEC-VARIETY” book. At my workplace, I am in charge of e-learning services on the CBNU e-learning platform (Blackboard), so your book is excellent reference to do better job. Thanks so much for giving me the book with your comments.”
Beomcheol Bak |
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“I am a student from Dongguk University. I listened to your lecture yesterday at Korea university last week Wednesday June 1. It was such a great time. Your contents were interesting and I was inspired. As I prepare an exam to be a government officer, I will keep in mind the importance of technology and keep up with these new trends in education. Most of all I want to help people around me to become inspired and make their life better through learning. Thank you so much for your lecture, your book, and your signature~!”
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InHye Byun|
“I just met you yesterday at Korea National Open University (KNOU) special lecture. It was an inspiring time.”
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Jun-Young Shin|
“Your video presentation yesterday was very well received. People thought it was informative, funny and, believe or not, they even jumped when you asked them to. Finns, who are so passive. Well done! And thank you so much.”
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Tarja Mykrä|
“Curt, what a treat! You were a splendid Forum guest on Shindig today, offering tons of ideas, interacting generously with participants, and pointing out many directions for people to follow.”
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“Curt awesome to have you on Shindig! Thank you so much for the time and insight. I know that folks really enjoyed this session.”
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Chris Downs
“Professor Bonk, thanks again for the interesting key note speech today at the DEANZ conference in Hamilton, New Zealand as well as the copy of your book. It has some fantastic ideas that I will use in the training and development of my own staff as well as development of resources for my clients to train and assess their staff and clients.”
Vanessa McCarthy |
“I really enjoy your presentation and that is so inspiring. I also went to your website and find much more useful information. Thanks a lot.”
Lu Wang, Master student |
“How amazing was that? Dr. Curtis Bonk’s address was interesting, exciting and thought provoking. I honestly cannot decide what was better: Dr. Bonk’s dynamic presentation on really innovative learning or the fact that we kept talking about it in every other session for the rest of the day.”
Bradley J. White |
“I enjoyed meeting you during your recent visit to NLU; thanks for taking so much time with our team. I learned a great deal and have received a lot of positive feedback from faculty too.”
Robert D. Muller, Ed.D. |
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“Thank you so much for your time with Tarleton last week. I just want to let you know that your talks were a big success. The feedback has been tremendous and all positive! So many people got great ideas to use in their classroom and were fascinated by the points you brought up and how we can better prepare faculty for what the future holds. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed your talks and got so much out of them.”
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Dr. Kelley Shaffer|
“Thanks Curt…. You are by far one of the coolest researchers…teachers…ever. :)
One of my students sent an email after the presentation and said, “That Dr. Bonk rocks!” In youth language… That is awesome. :)” |
Dr. James E. Gentry
“I have to tell you that your visit to Tarleton this week has been truly transformative for me in terms of thinking about new and different ways to engage my students. In fact, I shared your TEC-Variety e-book with my students, and will be incorporating it as required reading for next semester.
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Credence Baker, PhD |
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“It was a pleasure to sit through your sessions today. I really enjoyed them both and gained several ideas for use in my online courses. Again, thank you for your insights today and I look forward to reading your books (both R2D2/Empowering Online Learning and Adding Some TEC-VARIETY)!”
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Julie M. Ward, M.Ed.
“Thank you very much for your blended learning workshop. It’s very helpful and inspiring to create a more engaging learning environment. I also appreciate the many examples and resources that you provided.”
Xiaoxia "Silvie" Huang, Ph.D |
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“Thank you so much for speaking at IT Day! I think everyone enjoyed your presentation and found it eye opening. And…I have heard that those in your master class have been raving, but you know this from past experience.”
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Olinda Hubbs, Education Coordinator|
“I am writing to you to let you know how inspired I feel after the IT day yesterday, you definitely shared some of the passion and flame for teaching and technology with all of us. I felt reminded of the reason why I am in the Learning Systems Program and how much this field means to me, you even got me thinking on a PhD and applying to IU in the future. Thank you very much for the good vibes, engagement and love for knowledge sharing. May the force be with you.”
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Yolany L. Lagos, Graduate Assistant |
“I was very pleased to have an opportunity to meet you in the Open University of China. Thank you for your wonderful speech and two books you gave me. I hope to have another opportunity to meet you in the Open University of China again.”
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Ms. Lai Jiwen|
“Thank you so much for two wonderful lectures at South China Normal University! Both lectures are informative. I am planning to implement some of the motivation strategies in my online courses in the fall semester.”
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Liangyue Lu,
Visiting Assistant Professor
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“I thought I’d send a quick mail to let you know how much I enjoyed your Education 3.0 talk today. Your energy and optimism is highly contagious - I feel like I left the room with something that I didn’t have when I entered!”
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“Curt, thank you for joining us here at St. Anselm College today (via Adobe Connect). I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and discussion and hearing of all the exciting innovations and opportunities with IT instructional and learning modalities. I’m excited to start researching many of the sites, books and technology applications that you shared. It was a pleasure to have you join us. Best wishes for an enjoyable summer.”
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Jane A. Leonard ‘95 MBA, BSN, RN
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“Just finished up Summer Faculty Institute and wanted to thank you again. Everyone is still talking about your lecture and what a treat it was. The energy carried us through the afternoon and the rest of the day today! Lots to talk about and think about. It was by far the top SFI experience we've had here at Saint Anselm. You delighted and inspired us all!”
Kim Round, Ph.D. |
Director of Instructional Technology
“Curt – crazy man! I know of no one else that would do a talk at 2:00 am in the morning. Your encyclopedic knowledge of the subject and ability to connect ideas and trends was of real benefit. Thank you.”
Mark Curcher |
“Thank you, Curt, for an excellent and inspiring session at Tampere University of Applied Sciences! The feedback has been nothing but excellent. Looking forward to continue cooperation with you!”
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Ilkka Haukijärvi
“Thanks again VERY MUCH for coming in and speaking to our faculty learning community; you were a big hit! It was a great talk, lots of great ideas, and it really helped them with some concrete examples! I am really glad that the technology finally cooperated.”
Mark Millard |
“I still remember your inspiring speech at the LearnTech Asia 2014 Conference, which gives a very comprehensive analysis of the current learning trends and their implications. It’s definitely thought provoking and keeps me thinking about how to apply these ideas back to my job.”
Joyce Chan |
“Thanks so much for the photo and the slides, Curt – but thanks especially for being our keynote speaker at Technology Day 2014. It was great to finally meet you. Even more, I enjoyed your presentation immensely and, through it, I was reminded of how engaging and fun the teaching-and-learning process can be!”
Lynn Pardie, Ph.D. |
“Thanks for the visit. You energized the campus.”
Ray Schroeder |
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“Thanks so much for spending time with us at UIS this week. We have heard many wonderful comments about your presentation. The faculty and staff who were in the auditorium and those who watched online were “engaged” by what you shared. :-) ”
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Vickie S. Cook, Ph.D. |
“You are a really dynamic speaker…I went to your site and have already downloaded the new book. Looking forward to adding some techniques to my online courses.”
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Dr. T (Ty) Price Dooley, Assistant Professor |
“I want to thank you again for all your participation in this year’s conference. It was a delight watching you present and engage the audience during your spotlight talk. Excellent! Also, congratulations again on your much deserved award. Bob expressed the sentiments so well.”
Bob Clasen introduces the 2014 Wedemeyer Award, August 13, 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCm1_MGaqec |
Les Howles
“Many thanks again for your highly enjoyable talk, which generated a lot of interest.”
William Hale, Rare Books Department |
“Many thanks for Friday - a very informative day. I'm glad I could swap my teaching around to be there, my future classes are going to be the better for it. Thank you also for the book... :0)”
Jayne Woodman, Lecturer |
“I just wanted to say in writing thank you very much for the TEC-VARIETY book you gave me this afternoon. It was very generous of you considering all the difficult questions I threw at you. I feel the day was very well spent in your company. However, it did provide me with more questions than answers, but I guess that is the sign of a good talk :-) It continues to be a wonderful area to be working in and over the years you’ve brought a lot to it. Long may that continue.”
Dr. Joe Nicholls |
“Thanks for the inspiration :)I was a first time attendee on this event, and stuffed my schedule to take all out of it. Afterwards, I must say that it was a blast! Special thanks for your vivid and inspiring contribution. I'll be sure to look forward for more of these lectures! Wish you enjoyed Finland and had fun also.” Mari Kyllonen, MEd. |
“Thank you again for the great professional development opportunity that you provided our instructors. It sounds like the day went really well and the instructors were very appreciative of the resources and ideas that you provided. Thanks again for the opportunity to work with you to bring some new ideas to Oklahoma.”
Carrie DeMuth, M.Ed., NBCT |
“Professor...Doctor...Shaker...Thinker (i.e., Curtis Bonk!). As I was combing, surfing and gleaning all that I can free and without encumbrance, I happened across your 2008 syllabus for your course 685. A few clicks at Monster Syllabus and a few more to fully connect you to the guy who wrote the book on my desk ("Open"). Great authors, people who create monster source stops and just cool free thinkers are rare and precious!! Thank you.”
Patricia Murthy
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“Just wanted to thank you for an extremely engaging and vigorous workshop yesterday. My tool box is now full of truly worthwhile websites, ideas, and technology that I can use next year as I develop my lesson plans. I am introducing Sports and Entertainment Marketing next year and I am excited about using the Icebreaker Ideas, Case Base Learning Activities, and Think-Pair-Share. Also, thank you for recommending the NOVOED website for Entrepreneurship resources. I explored it yesterday and found some really good information, as well. Dr. Bonk, once again, thank you for a day filled with great educational ideas and a very enjoyable workshop.”
Michael Rachlin
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“I loved your talk at the ICER conference in Hue, Vietnam very much and I think most of the participants also loved it as well. It was one of the most interesting talks/speeches that I have ever listened to. I loved the way you performed then. I suppose no one could be falling asleep but felt excited during you presentation. Thank you so much for bringing us the earnest information and the great performance.”
Kate Nguyen
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“Thank you Professor Bonk for your superb presentation. I enjoy and gain a lot of knowledge. Now, I absolutely believe 1000% in the one factor promoting learners’ motivation: Expert’s modeling that the ways you showed us yesterday.”
Kittima Sadhuwong |
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“Dear Prof. Dr. Curt Bonk, You are absolutely fantastic. Thank you for your inspiring and thought provoking presentation for today. —  feeling inspired.”
Pattama Ann Chandavimol |
“Thank you so much for coming and giving us such an inspiring talk. I learnt a lot from reading your articles before, but listening to your speech took it to another level. The enthusiasm, dynamics, and mind-blowing information in your speech were hard to duplicate. I hope we can have you on campus more often.”
Xiaojing Duan, Ph.D.
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“THANK YOU for a great session this morning. Your enthusiasm and energy really served to launch the days dialog. Lots of great ideas generated out of the day, may be more sessions like this are required.”
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“Thanks again for your dynamite presentation this summer at the AECT Leadership Conference. You rocked the house!”
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“I just finished watching your recent talk about MOOCs that was done in conjunction with the Corporate Learning Network (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDHXBWW4MV4). I really appreciated the conversation. Your comment at the end of the talk regarding your appreciation of the conversation about history and not always looking forward really spoke to me and the work my colleague and I are working on…I’ve seen you speak at a number of conferences and enjoy the work you are doing. Thank you for making such a strong contribution to our field.”
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“I very much enjoyed your talk at Eastern Washington University and am currently enjoying your book, The World is Open. Thank you for the very timely information and for the time you shared with us at lunch.”
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“I just wanted to again thank you for being with us at UAHuntsville and delivering outstanding presentations! We appreciate you and wish you all the best. This may have been our best Institute and much of the credit goes to you.”
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“Thank you so much for sharing your keynote in Huntsville this week at the UA System Scholars Institute. I thoroughly enjoyed my front row seat! You helped me so much in getting ideas for my dissertation about learning spaces and rebuilding academic classrooms/buildings to inspire collaboration. Your monster syllabus rocks! I've already used many of the Week 11 resources.”
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“Thank you again for being with us at Scholars Institute. It was absolutely wonderful and everyone was engaged! I know I personally enjoyed your talk as well as you insights during the panel discussion and heard the same from everyone I spoke with.”
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“I enjoyed the way you closed out the conference….Also, loved your presentation and how you teach people to mine assets! Very well done and well received by all. So, I look forward to reading the World is Open book that you gave me and mining the assets on your sites and learning more from your work and enthusiasm! Many, many thanks.”
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“Hola, I loved your presentation. I would love to buy a copy of the engagement and retention book and I would like to read your article on inviting speakers to the classroom. Thanks you are AMAZING! You have inspired me to learn and do more!!! Muchas gracias.”
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“My desk is littered with sticky notes of inspiration based on your Cengage Learning presentation that you just gave. I am glad that the talk is archived because I am sure that I missed at least two brilliant ideas for every one that I captured. Thank you for answering my question concerning community colleges – I plan on adding testimonials from former students – to help motivate current students. I am also going to have current students rate and rank assignments as you suggested. I look forward to reading further books and articles that you have authored.”
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“I was one of the online participants for your Cengage Engage session (at SXSWedu 2013 in Austin) and wanted to thank you for your dynamic, high-energy presentation. You offered a number of useful resources that I plan to investigate further. I am an instructional designer working with faculty to design online courses, and often meet with strong resistance. I hope some of your ideas will help our faculty create more exciting, engaging and interactive online classes.”
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“We are ending the first week (of four) of our stab at a MOOC/open education like activity (see http://wvucommmooc.org/). When quizzed by administrators yesterday about where the idea of doing this project came from, I responded by saying it was from a workshop at a conference this last August. Given it was your workshop, as well as your enthusiasm in inspiring those there to try to do a similar activity, I wanted to say Thanks!”
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“I've just attended your presentation at Aston University which was fantastic and gave me lots to think about…Thanks again for today - first class.”
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“I would like to say thank you very much for yesterday’s workshop. You inspired me with so much information. After the workshop, I came up with the idea of linking my new Japanese In-Country summer course and my Japanese beginner’s course. This will be a very inspiring challenge. Please keep inspiring people like me. p.s. Thank you for the 2 million dollars.”
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“You challenged us, confused us, inspired us and took our thinking to another level. I can think of no better way to describe your sessions last week, and I am grateful that you shared your insights with us. I have had many positive responses from staff who heard you speak. As you suggest: let’s MOOC to it, shall we?”
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“Just a note to say how much I enjoyed the Program Director’s day last Friday. Of course, Curt was brilliant in rounding out the whole day. You could feel the energy levels rising all around the room! But it was all excellent. Great opportunity for me to meet new Faculty people, and organise further catch-ups. To get Curt to come along and present was an amazing coup by any Australian university standard. He has an outstanding international reputation.”
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“Thanks again so much for coming on the show this morning. You are a fantastic speaker and a wonderful guest to have. The link to the interview is here:
http://radioadelaidebreakfast.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/learnin-how-to-teach/. If you are in Australia for any other lecture circuits or talks in the future, we would love to have you on the show…”
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“I attended the Masie conference last week and I really enjoyed your presentation…so much so, that I want to learn more about your work and also share your slides with my colleagues.”
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“I had the pleasure to watch your lecture at Bb World last week and thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a lot! As many of the folks you encounter from universities on a day to day basis profess, a constant challenge of mine is to encourage online faculty to add additional meaningful (and potentially dynamic) content to their courses…Thanks so much for your time and for your work in the industry. You truly set an example and are an inspiration for many of us!”
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See Next 19 Quotes for Sample Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Unsolicited Feedback (over 4,000 enrolled) in CourseSites from Blackboard; Course: “Instructional Strategies and Technology Tools for Online Success”):
MOOC Quote #1 of 19.
“I ran across a link to your CourseSites course today and have had a terrific time working my way through it. I am still in week 1 and I have been inspired by so many great activities. I have decided to create a sample Moodle course with demos of some of those activities, so that professors could import those activities into their own courses very easily.”
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MOOC Quote #2 of 19.
“I recently took your MOOC "Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Online Success." It is one of the best courses I have ever taken, so thank you for that. What great ideas! I am putting together an online training package for high school teachers utilizing the Idaho Education Network (IEN). These teachers bring classes to rural areas for high schools that can't fill or find teachers. For example tiny schools like those in Challis, Idaho can't afford to hire an AP Calculus teacher or a French teacher, but students could take the course for high school credit from teachers at Meridian through the IEN. These instructors need some ideas for keeping students motivated, engaged, etc. With your permission, I am hoping to use some of the ideas from the MOOC and other parts of your materials in the training package.”
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MOOC Quote #3 of 19.
“Thank you for the video lessons of Instructional Design and Technology Tools. I have watched through all the lessons; they are really marvelous. The contents are very thoughtful. I will remember all your lessons in my planned projects. Thank you again for your kindness, and I will let you know when I use them.”
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MOOC Quote #4 of 19. “I wanted to let you know that I enjoyed the sessions that I could attend during the MOOC. What a neat idea. I have shared the idea with many of my colleagues.”
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MOOC Quote #5 of 19. “I must say that this course truly have been a great learning experience for me. It is thanks to you and your team. If there are plans for additional courses in the future i will enroll. Another thing that really struck me regarding the MOOC was yesterday when I surfed the discussions waves. The biggest wave there is in any course could actually be students sharing and that has been the biggest bonus effect of being a part of this MOOC course. I do hope that the groups I’ve participated in will continue to keep in contact. I saved all the tech tool links I’ve got during the course in my digital classroom library at www.edmodo.com. It is quite a few of them now. One thing that surprised me in the beginning of this MOOC was the huge amount of information that kept coming at you. Like waves approaching the shore. It was difficult in the beginning to choose what to embrace. i was fortunate to read Stephen Downes’ blog and his thoughts about MOOCs and I have come to the conclusion that I should ride the connections waves NOT the content waves. They will not lead you to the objectives by the shore. What is even more important...the objectives is actually up to me to decide. I’ve learned so much during these few weeks. Not mainly from Dr. Bonk and from the content placed in the course management system but from my fellow students at the course. I will try to maintain those contacts. Another good thing about this course is that I’ve been able to reflect upon my own role as a teacher and how i should use this new knowledge in my own courses. There you go...connectivism - social contructivism - collaboration and reflection. Information x reflection = knowledge!!!”
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MOOC Quote #6 of 19. “I'd like to express my gratitude to Mr. Bonk and everyone who paid lots of time and efforts to make it work. It was a great chance to learn from each other and grow professionally. I had an opportunity to participate in different MOOCs, but this one was the best I ever experienced to join. The platform and scheduling as well as the manner of running the Course was unbelievably great and well prepared. I enjoyed all the webinars run by Dr Bonk, though the time didn't fit me, as it was always after midnight. Anyway, the opportunity to watch the recording makes it even better.”
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MOOC Quote #7 of 19. "...I am most interested in teaching online in future. My interest in the MOOC phenomenon occasioned my signing up for your class. It has been a rewarding experience and I have learned much - about online teaching and learning, organizing a MOOC, and the challenges and rewards of "professorial performance" (you really should think about acting). It has been reassuring to encounter your views on teaching as they resonate so strongly with my own. Thanks for your warmth and energy."
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MOOC Quote #8 of 19. “The reason I wanted to attend the MOOC was to get my head back into teaching mode after a year of medical leave. Distance learning has always been of interest to me. I know that it could be used to greatly benefit students who otherwise might not be engaged with learning for whatever reason. I have never understood why anyone would not be curious enough to learn something. Learning has never had to be sugar coated and spoon fed to me - I generally go out and find whatever piques my curiosity. I've been telling everyone about the MOOC; from the superintendent, CTE director, IT director, CI director, principal and assistant principal and school librarian to friends and family considering going back to school.”
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MOOC Quote #9 of 19. “Many thanks for the work you have been sharing with us these last 4 weeks. While I was hesitant at first, I have come to love this MOOC and look forward to it. Even better, is that I am implementing some of the ideas I've learned these past few weeks in my Summer Survey of Music class. I am now working on implementing other TEC-VARIETY ideas to bring into the fold. I have much better expectations for the outcomes of this class and with the new techniques/strategies I have learned in the Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Learning MOOC. I am inspired and open to bringing my students a more engaging learning experience. Participating in the Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Online Success has made it clear to me that my focus in life is one who is passionate about teaching.”
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MOOC Quote #10 of 19. “Dr. Bonk—I am in your MOOC right now and have enjoyed it so much. Thanks so much for sharing all these wonderful resources with me, even your slides. We plan on creating several training videos beginning at first with Moodle and then advancing to online learning. I would like to share the Shared Online Video Resources, Portals, and Pedagogical Activities guide from TrainingShare.com with faculty in a course on our Moodle site and also on our portal site for faculty as well. It also includes a link to the V-Portal which inspired me to begin creating videos. I really did find these videos and the MOOC very helpful. My mother, who is 82, just could not get over the fact that I was in a class of 3,500 people from all over the world. I am excited that you will be coming to Spalding soon and am encouraging everyone I can to come to hear you. ☺”
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MOOC Quote #11 of 19. “I’ve greatly enjoyed participating in this class as part of my continuing professional development in online teaching! It's been the exact type of refresher that I've been craving, with the added bonus that it has very much validated my work as an online educator. I think what I will use the most is the videos as anchors and review, which will be incorporated more in my online, on-campus, and blended (to be created) classes. I highly recommend that all online educators, seasoned or newbie, join in the learning fun!”
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MOOC Quote #12 of 19. “I am presently enrolled in the “Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Online Success” MOOC. I'm finding it extremely interesting and helpful. I met you at the 2010 LCTCS Annual Conference in New Orleans when Robert (Bob) Johnson was head of LCTCS Online. That past keynote and meeting is what drew me to the MOOC. As E-Learning Coordinator at my college, it is my responsibility to train new online instructors. I am currently teaching an online "teaching online" course, and I am incorporating your videos for online teaching and learning as they fit the needs of the course. This week I included "Planning an Online Course," "Wiki Uses," and "Online Discussion Forums." Thank you for the use of the videos and for the MOOC. I'll miss the Wednesday afternoon live meetings! I HAVE to incorporate live meetings in my course! I see now how important they are to students.”
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MOOC Quote #13 of 19. “Love your MOOC course… couldn't make it 'live' to any sessions so far due to time zone differences, but have been reading downloading your slides and reading your blogs … cool sunnies! And now wow--sharing those MOOC slides and resources. Thanks so much Curt - these resources will be really useful. I have circulated your MOOC course around Deakin here, and we love it… should pay us a visit some time (again) :-)”
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MOOC Quote #14 of 19. “I am really enjoying your Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). It is so well structured and I’m getting so many ideas out of it to implement next semester. I will be trying wikibooks in the next few weeks.” (Later update)…” I would like to thank you again for a very positive experience. After we finished the course I went on to plan my next year’s course design to include many of the tools that I have learned from your course. I think the main success of your course was that you managed to keep me--a quite busy teacher--motivated to do the weekly readings and listen to your presentations. It is very difficult to keep online learners engaged and interested in keeping up with the workload and you did that. Thanks again!”
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MOOC Quote #15 of 19. “What an experience, I learned more about online learning in the one hour with Dr. Bonk than the four weeks I have completed in my university online learning course. My course instructor, while a brilliant teacher, lectures in a monotone for an hour and a half each session. I wish he would read some of Dr. Bonk's material!! I have learned simple but effective ideas; such as timely surveys to keep the attention of the class and require participation from each person. The lecture was very interesting, the visual aids were surprisingly effective. Dr. Bonk maintains a lively class experience and encourages student participation with surveys, etc. The best teachers I have seen in lectures were part showman and part instructor, Dr. Bonk personifies these features. I was never bored or wanted to leave the class. The material presented will be helpful in my work, I will change the way I conduct an online class. I have referenced Dr. Bonk in my course research in hopes that my instructor will review my reference documents! |
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Having entered college back in the days of Fortran-IV and old fashioned boring lectures, I really enjoy an instructor who can keep a class's attention. This is missing in so many online courses with synchronous sessions or recorded videos. You have given me some good ideas to improve my classes.”
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MOOC Quote #16 of 19. “I truly enjoyed your online class. You are so fun and engaging! Can you believe that you were with 500 people from all over the word in an online classroom? God! You are amazing!”
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MOOC Quote #17 of 19. “I am very pleased that I took your course today – my first MOOC ! I found much of what you talked about today very fascinating and hopeful!... meaning there are always multiple paths of finding what’s right for both teaching and learning - One just has to not be overpowered by the sheer volume of what is out there to be discovered! Again many thanks for your course today.”
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MOOC Quote #18 of 19. "I participated in your live MOOC session today. Great session! It was fast, engaging, and encyclopedic, just like you Curt. I miss being around your positive energy, and so it was wonderful to experience it through the computer and to hear all of the awesome pedagogical ideas! I must admit, I'm glad that my classes cap at ~20. I couldn't handle having 450+ folks in the chat all at once!"
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MOOC Quote #19 of 19. "In my syllabi, I have implemented lots of materials from your MOOC online course, "Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Online Success." I'm very happy to store my badge at Mozilla Bag Pack, and learned a lot from you. One of my comments in CourseSites was that you are Distance Learning Genius."
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End of Unsolicited MOOC Feedback (all feedback is shared with permission)…
“Feedback - excellent presentation in 2 sessions in Elluminate! You single-handedly engaged one of the toughest groups of multi-tasking tech integrators I have, and you kept their attention throughout the morning. It was clear to all of us that you modeled the best way to keep folks engaged in an online setting. They were actually happy that you couldn't make it here in person so they were able to observe how effective you were! Suffice to say, you rocked it today! They loved you - thanks so much!”
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"That was a great online session. I couldn’t leave my seat even though my friends called me for lunch."
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"AWESOME Extreme Learning! I had a few epiphany moments while attending your webinar. Have to admit, that was one of the most electrifying Webinars I've attended so far."
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"Thanks Admiral Curt for the most electrifying webinar of the century. I updated the session blog with a bunch of links to your awesome work. It was an honor for CAPTAIN ZAID (or ZED) to serve you for 2 hours, and actually I think we even outdid Batman & Robin! Yeah, we are a pretty hard class act to follow... Admiral Curt & Captain Zaid....LOL. Okay, thanks million times again."
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"Thanks Curtis, I very much enjoyed your sessions: they were lively, entertaining, and packed full of useful information! I look forward to using a lot of the materials to enhance our curriculum. Thank you for making everything freely available: practicing what you preach!"
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"It was a delight to meet you – you are quite a character! I was going to email you to thank you for your substantial contributions to the conference. Your sessions were informative and practical. You brought a lot of life to the group – I can just imagine the level of energy in your classes! Thank you for the resources. I am already implementing some of your ideas. Just put in a wiki in my online grad business class yesterday to build a resource list on international management.”
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"Thank you very much for the links. I find the materials really useful in my current work assignment at Training Unit of the Development Bank of the Philippines. You are a fantastic speaker. Hope you had a great time here in Manila." Crisel A Carlos HRD Unit, Human Resource Management The Development Bank of the Philippines March 2, 2012 |
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"Many thanks for your inspiring presentations at our campus last Friday. We will be talking about it and the links you graciously provided for months. Also, I wanted to thank you again for my copy of The World is Open. I'm absorbing it now and will pass it to colleagues--underlined of course."
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"Your workshop on Friday was incredible! I've never experienced such a fact-rich and idea-filled session in just one day, much of which has relevance to what I do for my clients…Again, it was an absolute pleasure meeting you and attending your Thursday night presentation and Friday Workshop. I consider it to be a highlight in my professional career."
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"Woke up this morning popping with ideas after your workshop yesterday. Thank you for an energizing day."
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"I enjoyed your lectures at the AXIO conference and appreciate so many of the resources you were able to point us at. And it's always great to interact with such a high-energy and accomplished professional."
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"I must tell you how much I was heartened by your strong emphasis on free sharing of information. It's the first time I've heard such advocacy from any speaker! I've often found it ironic that sharing of information in an academic environment is frequently thwarted by issues of intellectual property, copyright, and rigid attitudes. We MUST get beyond narrow views of 'need to know' and 'always done it that way' and 'MY information'."
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"Thanks for the energy and inspiration at the AXIO conference."
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"I wanted to thank you for spending time with us -- I got a lot of great ideas. In fact, I'm updating one of my assignments right now!"
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"Great session. Really appreciate your enthusiasm and sharing your knowledge in the area."
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“I just wanted to say thank you one more time. Your contributions made our 1st virtual conference a resounding success. We are receiving rave reviews thanks in no small part to your participation. In fact, you were brought up and referenced several times in sessions following your presentation as well as in the evaluation forms as a conference highlight. I really appreciate you sharing your wonderful knowledge, energy, and experiences and hope that we will see you again next year!”
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"Thanks for a stellar presentation at Speaks Volumes.” (i.e., the first annual, Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN) Virtual Online Learning Conference)"
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"Thanks for your wonderful presentation! Your energy and enthusiasm were a great way to kick start our sessions. Thanks again!"
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"I just wanted to express my excitement of watching you at the Army Learning Summit during several sessions. I was an elementary school teacher prior to getting this job with the Federal Government and am now hoping to find a teaching job in some capacity where I can be as expressive as you were. I was energized by your presentation and pray that I will one day be as energetic, forthcoming and helpful when I begin teaching again. Thank you for coming. I also plan to visit your site regularly as you have updates. I do not think that I have ever been so excited to venture out and do more than I have been doing. Thank you for the spark!"
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"Curt, as you predicted, my head was mush with so much information from your presentation at UNT last week. And what a great presentation it was! Your energy and thoughts are inspiring and contagious. I appreciate the few minutes of mic time to remind this Open World that it's not so open for people that use assistive technology."
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"Friday’s forum was a big success and you carried it. We’ll be challenged to raise the bar next year."
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"By the way, people are still talking about your keynote session yesterday. You did a bang up job. I usually don't care to see the webcam on a speaker but in your case, it worked out perfectly and added another dimension to your presentation... the flow really worked and we got the real Curt Bonk in front of the camera."
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"Again, thank you for yesterday's GREAT keynote! People were still talking about it hours later! For sure the audience can felt your charm over the webcam."
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"One thing you notice immediately about Curtis Bonk...he is animated! He loves to move and gesticulate. He captures your attention. Another thing you notice about Curtis Bonk...he loves to have fun! The most important thing about Curtis Bonk though is that he is all about sharing...through open source, through his web site, through the videos he has posted." | |
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Review of Dr. Bonk's Technology, Colleges and Community Worldwide Online Conference Keynote on Storify Kimberly Nakano Library Administrator University of Hawaii at Manoa Library April 15, 2011 |
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"We loved your visit- I told several people as I left your talk that it made me wish I was 30 years younger with a whole career ahead of me yet! It is so great to get fired up again!"
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"It has been a nice event to see you at the ELI 2011 Conference (the 2nd International Conference of e-Learning and Distance Learning) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I came to Riyadh for two days and listened to your presentation as well as your panel. Your presentations were outstanding. You are a wonderful person. I admired your way of speech and movement around the stage. You really got great ways of communication and you received excellent feedback."
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"I want to thank you for your support and great delivery during DeVry University/GA's Academic Day. We just completed tabulating the faculty feedback and the most positive experience of the day was your presentations and workshop. Personally, I enjoyed meeting you and hearing of all your experiences."
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"I just wanted you to know how much I enjoyed meeting and talking to you on Friday. Your presentations were very well received by the faculty. I am really excited about moving to the next level to help faculty apply some of the ideas you presented. Thanks too for the book. I enjoyed working with you."
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"Thanks for the most inspiring information filled program you provided at Devry’s Metro Atlanta’s Academic Day last Friday! I heard nothing but positive comments from all with whom I spoke. You have given us tools that we can use to build our own models to continue to refine our classroom learning environments. Using the concept you presented of "We All Learn in this Open World," our faculty can be more equipped to prepare students for their future work and personal lives."
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"Thanks for your fascinating and engaging presentation this morning-- it was a real delight to attend, and I've already heard from some folks who watched it with pleasure online, so perhaps everything worked out as a blessing in disguise. In any event, I'm sorry I had to tear myself away, but do want you to know how much I enjoyed-- and learned!" | ||
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"Curt is a man of many talents. He is full of positive energy and drive and simply loves to be around people. He is a fantastic, high energy, knowledgeable speaker who can fully engage an audience. As an author, his books are well researched, insightful and full of ideas and innovations. Curt is a generous connector of people and ideas. He is always willing to introduce and connect people and share ideas and knowledge - he says the "World is Open" but Curt lives that - he is open. he gets great pleasure in helping people along their path, providing advice, help, and insight and generously giving whenever he can. I count myself lucky to know Curt, never mind be a friend of his or work with him. He is a man of the 21 Century for he lives to innovate, create, share, reciprocate, collaborate and most of all live life to the full at 500 words a minute - while having fun. In three words - 'He Does Stuff'."
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"The pleasure was all mine. I thoroughly enjoyed the message that you brought to the EDGE conference as it was very pertinent to the policy and direction that we are working towards in this province."
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"Thanks for a great presentation with lots of imagination and flair!!! Looking forward to reading your book and getting plenty of insights."
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"I can’t stop thinking about last week and the amazing Summit. Your presentations were definitely the highlight...Thank you for coming and thank you for informing and inspiring us. Our company theme for this year is "future-proofing," and your messages fit that so well. After the summit, I had lunch and dinner with several of the participants, and they repeated again and again how much they appreciated the event and hearing you and Julie Young present about what is already real today and what the future holds." "
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"You were terrific! You were the highlight of the week. I am so glad the day's organizers had the vision to invite you to speak...Again, your presentation was super!"
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"Well, rumor is correct. You were great! Thanks so much. You really made our day."
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"Your talk was truly motivational, I just hope I can persuade some of my guys to adapt to some of your ideas."
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"I've had nothing but positive feedback from your day with us here at Clarke. I don't know how you maintained that much energy after 6 hours of straight presenting, but you did great! Thank you for everything and I'm sure we'll meet again."
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"One of the most engaging and informative sessions I went to was done by Curtis Bonk. He based his talk on his recent book The World is Open: Now, WE ALL LEARN With Web Technology. It was my first opportunity to hear him speak, after hearing much about him from colleagues. It is tough to keep up with him, but he shared so much information about Web 2.0, tools that might be of interest to us as IT/ID professionals and our faculty. His talk is available in the archives of the conference (http://educause.mediasite.com/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=7e668ea5-7ef5-4227-b2da-dab47d4079d4)."
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"It was a pleasure to listen to and meet Dr Curtis Bonk at the recent MoodleMoot in Melbourne. His presentation on future directions for blended online learning using digital tools was staggeringly good and so full of detail and supporting examples from around the world it was hard to keep up and make proper sense of it all" "There were some superb key-note sessions, the highlight for me was a talk by Dr Curtis Bonk from Indiana University and one of the world's acknowledged experts in understanding what is driving emerging technologies in learning. His 2009 book The World is Open was waiting for me in my letterbox when i got back to the UK!"
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"Your presentation has really broadened my horizon to a great extent and prompted me to think hard and deeply about traditional brick-and-mortar type of education vs. distance education and the implications on assessment."
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"I was so glad to participate in your presentation sessions and hear about Korean universities yesterday. We thank you for all of your time and insight to inspire us how to successfully facilitate our online and blended courses at Franklin University."
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"Thanks for spending the afternoon with us here at the OSU Libraries yesterday. It was a great presentation and I can't wait to try the "Variety, Novelty" and other ideas from your TEC-VARIETY model in my own online course. I bet the students will love them! I most admire your empathy with students. I'm half usability engineer by training and I believe in user-centered approaches in any human-technology interaction design. It's hard to imagine how an instructional technology or strategy can be successful without a learner-centered mindset in the design and implementation."
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"I found your presentations most helpful - they inspired me to look at new modes for learning and addressing problems. I think the material you present demonstrates that we have built up a lot of experience in online learning and there seems to be lots of ideas on how to approach and improve our online teaching...Thanks for your frameworks. These are important if for online learning and teaching is to mature - with enough structure to organize what we know and how we apply it. I hope it will eventually feel more disciplined online learning than exploratory. Thanks. Great stuff. And entertaining!"
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"I still get comments on how great your presentation was...and remain amazed at both the insanity of your schedule, the outrageous productivity you manage to maintain, and the clarity of insight you bring to a world of ebullient chaos."
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"I want to take a moment and tell you how much my staff and I enjoyed your webinar. I turned into a team pizza party, webinar & brainstorm session about our schools technology future."
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"You were simply great!!! You had a fantastic open forum and you were able to capture the audience - even from a distance!! Thanks much! We indeed transformed and revolutionized education! And yeah! it worked!! This is actually the first time we did it this big! And we're happy with the results. Thanks again... it's something to write about and share with colleagues!!"
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"I cannot thank you enough for your presentation. You are an extremely gifted orator and a brilliant educator. This weekend I applied your advice and started surfing the web for educational tools- truly amazing!"
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"For those of you eager to stay current on open education trends, I recommend the new book by Curtis Bonk, The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Technology. I heard Bonk speak last November at the Sloan-C International Conference for Online Learning and he was quite inspiring. Great stuff for any educator with an open mind."
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"Our professors really enjoyed the sessions. Some of the faculty are using your ideas of allowing students to modify what type of final projects they do, and many are exploring new technologies. I just got back from the Sloan-C conference in San Francisco with even more ideas and inspiration. I'm hoping to open up more possibilities of collaborative projects that span across different classes at Thunderbird."
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"It was great to see you at Ed Media in Hawaii! I was amazed to see how moved my husband, Peter, was by your presentation, despite the fact he has no connections to Higher Ed, or Web-based learning. He now wants to talk business with you."
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"You do terrific presentations and yes, I walked away with ideas, inspiration and enthusiasm."
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"You are truly amazing!! Thank you for your energetic & inspiring presentations. You will be remembered long in our students' mind. Hope to see you next year in Seoul again."
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"THANK YOU for your trip to Greenville, and the personal time you spent with me this morning. You put on two fabulous presentations with lots of energy and knowledge, and it was very motivating as well as informative. I can only wonder at the positive long-term effects that this will have on the future of online learning here at Greenville College. Again, thank you!"
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"I want you to know how much I appreciated your two talks at the School of Public Health this week. I can say it has renewed my interest in updating my medical school lectures."
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"I wanted to send along a note of appreciation for the fantastic set of sessions you provided us last Friday. You are certainly in the right field and are an excellent presenter. You gave some terrific ideas, and I'm looking forward to trying many of them. I've ordered your book and know it will be very helpful."
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"I am writing in regards to your recent presentations last week at the Dubai Men's College here in the UAE. I attended your Blended Learning & The World is Open and wanted to thank you for making the trip and let you know that I was really inspired by this wonderful event. I have instructed thousands of online/on-ground students and am very interested in what you are doing along these lines."
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"Now that the conference is over, I wanted to take just a minute to thank you for your wonderful contributions to a great event. Although I have not seen all the evaluation data, I think that your forum was very successful. Your participation in the forum is one reason it was so well received. I enjoyed your enthusiasm and felt that the audience got what they came for."
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"I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation on technology trends in education in Madison, although I was disappointed to not have received any stuffed animals or money. I'll try harder next year. I also enjoyed the presentation you made with Professor Siemens enjoyable and found your enthusiasm for Web 2.0 inspiring."
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"Thank you for your participation on our Web 2.0 forum. You and George Siemens were very enlightening and entertaining! I learned a lot and am sure the audience did as well. Thank you again."
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"It was an amazing privilege to feature you as our primary plenary speaker during the 6th National Workshop for Accelerated Programs in Higher Education, Accelerated Online and Blended Learning, July 22-23, 2008, at the Doubletree Hotel Denver North. You helped create a special 'buzz’ around the workshop, and helped us attract members who hadn’t participated in a while. Most importantly, you provided an energetic venue for us to gather and discuss innovation in accelerated online education, which was a tremendous help to us. The survey results indicate that this workshop was a very successful event. In particular, your small group session entitled,'Best Practices of Blended Learning: Situations, Solutions, and Several Surprises,' earned top reviews, where 97% of respondents rated you as a facilitator 'good’ or 'excellent.’ Your other sessions also received high marks in terms of content and delivery. Congratulations! I wanted to also share some of the comments we received from your sessions: 'Dr. Bonk brought so many technological ideas that were really innovative. It made for a very interesting conference!' 'Very timely and relevant. Dr. Bonk was fabulous!' 'Terrific keynote speaker. Tons of great information!' 'Tremendous volume of information - Dr. Bonk is very knowledgeable and has a wealth of information to share.' 'Excellent overview of resources available, lively, informative, entertaining.' 'Excellent presenter and information.' 'Super job. I’ll use the video and purchase the book; my university will benefit.' 'Very useful information! Many helpful take-away ideas! The overall content was excellent.' On behalf of the entire CAP organization, I would like to extend you our most gracious 'thank you.’ It is my hope that you will accept an invitation back to a future CAP event, where we can continue our conversation about how we can continue to innovate our world campus."
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"I attended the CAP conference in Denver last week and listened to your talks. Excellent job. Thank you for sharing your information with us."
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"Thanks so much for the wonderful workshop. I heard many great comments about your presentations. Besides your presentations, I was very impressed that you attended some of the small group sessions on Tuesday. Typically our plenary speakers leave as soon as they are done. I'm sure others appreciated you participating in the small groups."
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"We are extremely pleased with the responses we've had to the BLEND Institute. Some of the folks who attended never even thought of themselves as technology users - now they are starting to think about how they might apply IT in their classes. Your three talks have generated fascinating conversations among faculty over lunch and during break. The topics you covered, especially with regard to pedagogy and technology, are exactly what we needed and have been received extremely well. People were very glad to have met you too. Again, thank you so much for coming to FPU."
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"WOW! Talk about fast responses! I have been spending a great deal of time this afternoon on your website and I am even more impressed that I was before. I must tell you that after attending your keynote address, I altered my own vision of what I was capable of doing online. After completing my degree through Ivy Tech and Franklin University, I went on to earn my MLIS from the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee (entirely by distance). I remembered so much of what you had said during your keynote address back then, that combined with my own experience as an online student, I try to incorporate as many innovations as I can into my courses, and so far my students seem to really appreciate it. You do wonderful work and are a great inspiration."
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"I attended your presentation yesterday. It's very inspiring and interesting. You've been doing cutting-edge research."
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"I wanted to drop a quick thank you note before going home. The talk was GREAT! Students were saying you are such a prolific scholar and your 20+ years research certainly motivated all of us here! Thank you so much!"
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"Hello Professor Bonk... Please find attached a few pics of what I found to be amazingly refreshing and inspiring keynote presentation."
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"This day is ratting away at full steam and I didn't want it to end without (at least) an attempt from me to thank you for your attendance at Connections last week. This was our fifth year, but was our first with an imported guest and I was (we were) delighted. You provided a context for the conference activities that we couldn't; you legitimized a lot of people's work without even realizing it; you gave credence to much of our work in e-Learning Services. You sent out clear messages to whoever was listening- about collaboration, about sharing, about open source tools, about quality, and about teaching and learning. And you handed out a damn fine rubber chicken. The truth is you've got a special skill and warmth and method, and people connect to it (easily). Thanks again."
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"I really enjoyed your presentations at Teaching and Learning with Technology at Purdue University on Tuesday. I found them stimulating, informative, motivating, and especially entertaining. I went home and went right to the computer to evaluate my classes and to see how I could improve them."
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"Many people have stopped me in the corridors to say how much they enjoyed your talk. I have had a few emails as well, and interest in Podcasting has just taken off. All thanks to your brilliant presentation."
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"The address is perfect. Yes it ended very well. Thanks once again! The feedback for your sessions has been very positive and for all the sessions. Your sessions set a wonderful tone for the conference and reinforced much of what we in e-Learning Services have been promoting."
Pat Anderchek Faculty Liaison e-Learning Centre for Teaching, Learning and Research May 4, 2007 |
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"I can't thank you enough for your outstanding contributions to our WiAOC conference. Feedback on your presentations suggests that participants were unanimously impressed by their high quality, and appreciative especially that you would take time to interact with them in two such sessions, and share with them substantial ancillary materials besides. Your contributions significantly enhanced the success of the three-day event, and we applaud your open source and open minded attitudes that coincided so productively with those of the organizers and participants. Thanks again."
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Vance Stevens
Webheads in Action Online Convergence Coordinator December 5, 2005 |
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"I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your sessions at TLT (at Purdue University) this week. They were infinitely beneficial to me in a technology support role, and they will help me provide insightful assistance to our teachers during development and implementation of some initiatives to integrate technology in our classrooms."
Daniel J. Schmeltz District Technology Facilitator John Glenn Schools, Indiana April 6, 2007 |
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"I really enjoyed your presentations at Teaching and Learning with Technology at Purdue University on Tuesday. I found them informative, motivating, and entertaining."
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Eugenia Fernandez
Associate Professor Computer & Information Technology Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis April 5, 2007 |
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"It was an honor and privilege to work with you and enjoy your outstanding presentations and informal discussions. Over the last couple of days I have received numerous testimonials praising the Forum and mentioning your great contribution in particular."
Dr. Ahmad A. Ajarimah HRD Consultant, Training and Career Development Saudi Aramco March 4, 2007 |
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"Just to share with you my delight at having been fortunate enough to partake in your presentations at Saudi Aramco's TEC last Wednesday. They were most enlightening."
Yacine Rachi English Coordinator, Saudi Aramco March 3, 2007 |
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"Thank you very much for the great presentation in ARAMCO 28-Feb-2007. Your Presentations gave direction to what I understand about blended learning. I teach Architecture @ KFUPM and as well contribute through my Multimedia skills for e-learning center. Your Blended Solutions will come a long way to my work and teaching. Thanking you once again"
Mazharuddin Syed Ahmed Multimedia Specialist King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), KSA February 28, 2007 |
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"Curtis; thank you so very much for allowing me to record and podcast your plenary sessions for our Teaching and Technology conference here in St. Louis last week ... And thank you, too, for your animated entertaining and informative presentations - you really made the entire conference a success."
Paul Wilmarth Faculty Resource Center University of Missouri-St. Louis November 7th, 2006 |
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"As I said, all three of your sessions were very interesting and FULL of information. You opened my eyes a lot."
Jing Yang Instructional Technology Specialist Academic Computing & Instructional Technology Maryville University , St. Louis November 6th, 2006 |
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"I have to say that Curtis has unbounded energy. He did over 100 talks last year as well as editing a book and teaching. This time it was called 'Podcasts and Wikis and Blogs, Oh My: Online Learning is Not in Kansas Anymore'. We had some great comedy with Bush jokes, air guitar, wigs and audience participation. Once again we were off in a whirlwind tour of some of the newer trends in technology and learning."
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Donald Clark Founder and CEO of Epic Group plc Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom May 27, 2006 |
 Blog Postings: Bonk's Blends - Bonk goes Bonkers - Bonking is fun |
"I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you in person. Your energy is amazing. Keep it up."
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David Porter Executive Director BCcampus Vancouver, BC May 2, 2006 |
 A blog posting which describes Dr. Bonk's sessions at the University of Saskatchewan |
"You were truly amazing at the TLt conference. I saw Bill Clinton speak a couple of month ago and you were almost as inspiring."
Heather M. Ross Educational Communications and Technology College of Education University of Saskatchewan April 12, 2006 |
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"Traveling did not diminish your energy level because that was commented on by many in the evaluations. We were so pleased with all the flattering comments we received that we wanted to share with you."
- "Curt Bonk! Hilarious! Informative! Inspirational Ideas."
- "All of the possibilities Curtis Bonk shared were amazing. I look forward to researching the sites over break."
- "The Keynotes were thought-provoking and extended my thinking."
- "Thank you so much for your contribution at the Summit."
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Lori J Vargo
Reading First - Ohio Center The University of Akron March 29, 2006 |
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"Dear Dr. Bonk: It has been my signal pleasure to meet you and to have heard one of your performances (surely the informative lecture is just entirely too tame)."
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Mary Wynn Roper, B.S., M.S.
Lecturer, History Troy University, Fort Benning Campus March 29, 2006 |
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"I finally got around to watching your "Perfect e-Storm" talk in Wisconsin. Great stuff. As always, I found your talk inspiring. If I get this job, I may make it required viewing in my first professional development workshop."
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Marc Callan, Teacher
Mount Vernon Community School Corporation Fortville, Indiana February 19, 2006 |
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"Thank you for presenting at this year's OLA Super Conference. People were talking about your session throughout the conference. They really enjoyed your delivery 'style' and learned alot. I think your positive attitude resonated with many. It was like a breath of fresh air for people used to hearing 'we don't have the money to take that path...'. The audience left the room charged up!"
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Robin Bergart and James Buczynski
(Super Conference Co-ordinators 2006) Toronto, Ontario February 13, 2006 Ontario Library Association Super Conference 2006 |
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"I checked out your slides from the conference (OOOPS, I did not mean to share that). It's amazing to think of what we are doing with learning when you put it all together like you have in your presentation...I have also found your website and links interesting considering my Master's focus on Creative and Imaginative Thinking."
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Heather Boyd, Master's student at the University of Phoenix
Nanaimo, B.C. Canada November 29, 2005 |
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"Again, it was a pleasure to meet you and to finally here you speak. As I mentioned, you have saved me a lot of money now that I don't have to go to a bunch of conferences to get an update on blended learning. Your talk was not only highly informative, It was engaging and entertaining as well. Thank you for traveling during your holiday to be at NAIT with us. I know the faculty audience was very appreciative of the opportunity to learn from you."
Joe Saundercook, Vice-President, Office of Partnerships and Business Development
McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Whitby, Ontario
November 25, 2005
Link to streamed video of keynote presentation at the McGraw-Hill Ryerson Regional Event Series
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"You were/are terrific! People all over are talking about your presentation- you were definitely a hit. I now want to organize a 'book' study/discussion around your Handbook of Blended Learning (HOBLe)...online, of course."
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BJ Eib Research Staff Learning Commons University of Calgary November 17, 2005 | 
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"Bonk is striving once again to make the world flat by teaching people how technology, together with high-quality instruction, can shift paradigms for the better understanding of human potential."
Full Story of Bonk Presentation at the University of Calgary's Learning Commons
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Denise McTighe The University of Calgary Learning Commons November 15, 2005 Read article and view presentation |
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"Thanks for the thought provoking - and entertaining - session at the Leeds Metropolitan LTA Conference yesterday. Much to digest."
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Peter Williams,
Senior Lecturer Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds Business School September 12, 2005 |
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"Thanks so much for presentations - you were a hit!
The delegates not only appreciated your remarks, but they loved your interactive and engaging presentations.
In fact, they were talking about the ideas you presented throughout the day.
The remote clicker/voting activity was
Terrific - many ideas were generated on how to leverage clicker technology in the classroom.
Thanks again on for the energizing and thought provoking talk. It was fun to work with you and have
you present via videoconference - it was very effective."
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Janet Murphy
Manager, Innovative Learning Solutions Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) Program York University, Toronto August 28, 2005 |
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"Your e-learning workshops in Taiwan were well received. The audience loved you.
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Feng-Kwei Wang, Ph.D.
Executive Director, ITRI College Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan August 22, 2005 |
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"You have delivered one of the best talks I have ever heard in the past 7 years in the US. I am so glad to meet you because I know that I can learn a lot from you."
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BaoHui Zhang, PhD, Assistant Professor
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technology University Singapore June 6, 2005 |
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"Great to meet you and what a terrific keynote!!! We all really appreciate the enthusiastic and quite humorous delivery of your presentation. The feedback was outstanding and your contribution truly added to the success of WebCT's 6th Annual Conference." | |
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Carol A. Vallone Chairman, President & CEO WebCT, Inc. Lynnfield, MA July 20, 2004 |
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"I wanted to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed your presentations at the WebCT conference! Your practical ideas, presented in a creative environment, really made an impact on our Concordia team. Are you open to the idea of being a speaker at future faculty retreats or symposiums we are in the process of planning for the upcoming year?"
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Jean Rock Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies Concordia University St. Paul, MN July 21, 2004 |
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"Thank you for your wonderful presentation yesterday on InterACTION in online courses. The strategies and activities that you mentioned could really revolutionize online learning in higher education. In the realm of online learning and cognitive psychology, are there any texts that you could recommend reading?"
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Jeff Krebs Instructional Technologist Union Institute & University April. 7, 2004 |
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"I enjoyed both of your presentations this week at the ION (Illinois Online Network) Faculty Summer Institute. Your work is inspiring! You offered to send a whole variety of resources which I would like to request."
Dan Balzer Teaching/Learning Instructional Designer Waubonsee Community College/ILCCO Learning Academy Sugar Grove, Illinois May 28, 2004 |
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"I would like to thank you for you inspirational presentation on Friday 26th November in Birmingham. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to use a similar format for my house assemblies this week in a 11-16 secondary school in front of 450 kids each day. I used my own props, wore a ski hat, which could be worn in a silly way or in a serious way, but the response from the kids was overwhelming and I was able to put across a really serious point. I will now have to obtain some really good visual and sound files for my next presentation."
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Tom McIntyre Assistant Headteacher Ladymead Community School Taunton, United Kingdom November 30, 2004 |
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"First of all, thank you for the two of the best academic presentations I have ever attended. I was at both the Coventry ones on e-learning in Higher Ed. and the evening 'corporate' follow-up on Wednesday ... Not only did you bring me up to speed on how blended learning is taking off world wide, but also I learned lots about how to engage an audience and put info. across in a way that it really 'stuck'! the costumes were spectacular, the chocolates tasty and your casting of your 'mini-me' assistant was worthy of the 'West Wing' and the 'Sopranos' (I thought you had brought the guy all the way from the States but he told me afterwards, he didn't know he had the job until Wednesday morning!) BTW, I am saving the $million bill I won for my next visit to San Francisco."
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Colin Barnes United Kingdom November 26, 2004 |
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"BTW I hosted the Happy Hour last night on Net*Working and you were a hit! I heard direct and side conversation how much people got out of your presentation and your use of Eluminate. Some lamenting having missed the first session like myself. Woohoo! The Bonkmeister strikes again!!!"
Bronwyn Stuckey Director, Innovative Educational Ideas Australia November 10, 2004 |
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"I checked out your site. It's fantastic! I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of reading in the future. I really enjoyed the seminar today. A lot of super ideas. Almost made me wish I was starting my masters at Indiana this fall. I think you've found your niche in Instructional Technology....can't imagine you, with your personality as an accountant."
Ann. M. Jenkins Distance/Global Education - instructional Designer Western Iowa Tech Community College April 6, 2004 |
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"As I told Tom (our instructional technologist), my time with Curt today was fantastic. I really resonated with the idea of us being at the heart of a perfect storm. Like the characters in the movie, I have the optimism to believe that if I just point the right direction and goose the engines a bit, I can make it out of this alive!"
David Weaver Maricopa County (Arizona) Community College District January 14, 2004 |
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"Curtis, you were a tremendous hit! In fact, I heard from a few people who said the enjoyed your presentation more than any other speakers, even those sponsored by the District. Thank you for following up with more information which ill share with the participants. We hope you can come back again!"
Naomi O. Story Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Mesa Community College Maricopa County (Arizona) Community College District January 15, 2004 |
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