Currently teaching at the University of Windsor as an Assistant Professor of Online Pedagogy and Workplace Learning in Ontario, Dr. Bonnie Stewart has a rich and extensive background in knowledge and technologies for a couple of decades (Stewart, 2020). She is an educator, researcher, and EdTech influencer that focuses her work on digital and experiential pedagogy, data literacies, and educational change in contemporary society. Since 1998, Dr. Stewart started teaching online with the approach of building learners’ digital and media literacies through openness and relevant social media platforms and tools (Stewart, 2012). Dr. Stewart was also involved in Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) research during its early days in Canada. She received teaching awards at both University of Windsor and University of Prince Edward Island, and presented different topics in digital strategy, digital education, and community capacity-building in conferences and workshops around the world (Stewart, 2017).
I selected Dr. Bonnie Stewart for this assignment not only because of her powerful and influential work, but also the vulnerability and personal stories she generously shared with the public (Stewart, 2018). I was fascinated by Dr. Stewart’s modern website which showcases her credentials, academic articles and chapters, over 500 noteworthy blogs, and keynotes and invited talks (Stewart, 2020). Today, Dr. Stewart is the Founder/ Director of the media literacy initiative Antigonish 2.0 (Greene & Scott, n.d.) and the lead researcher and writer of a 10-year Cultural Strategy for the province of Prince Edward Island (Kristina, 2017). Her work in digital participatory and openness cultivates learning and network building which is important to our current information ecosystem in the learning and technology field.
References
Greene, T., & Scott, A.-M. (Host). (n.d.). Liner notes from groundbreaking online learning [Audio podcast]. Antigonish 2.0 with Bonnie Stewart. Spreaker. https://www.spreaker.com/user/voicedradio/antigonish2
Kristina. (2017, June 6). Bonnie Stewart announced as third keynote speaker. Association for learning technology. https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2017/news/bonnie-stewart-announced-as-third-keynote-speaker/
Stewart, B. (2012, November 21). Twitter for teachers: an experiment in openness. The theoryblog. http://theory.cribchronicles.com/2012/11/20/twitter-for-teachers-an-experiment-in-openness/
Stewart, B. (2017, February 11). Bonnie Stewart: speaking. http://bonstewart.com/speaking/
Stewart, B. (2018, May 20). The long dark tea-time of the soul. The theoryblog. http://theory.cribchronicles.com/2018/05/20/the-long-dark-tea-time-of-the-soul/
Stewart, B. (2020, October 12). Bonnie Stewart. http://bonstewart.com/