Sonny Kirkley
Adjunct Professor of Informatics
- Phone
- (812) 856-4202
- Office
- 501 N. Morton St., Suite 206
- Web Site
- www.informationinplace.com
Biography
Sonny has nearly two decades of experience developing Internet-based learning environments and information management tools. He has published and presented extensively in the fields of serious games, human-computer interaction, adventure learning, problem-based learning, and utilizing new technologies in various learning settings, including mobile mixed reality. Kirkley holds a M.S and Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University. He has presented extensively on innovative and mixed reality learning environments, and designing learner-centered software.
Dr. Kirkley is also founder of the WorldBoard Forum, a university-based standards group developing WorldBoard. WorldBoard seeks to develop a global infrastructure for the deployment of mobile augmented reality. As vice president of product development and co-founder of WisdomTools, he was the co-inventor, and managed the development of Time-Revealed Scenarios, a Web-based learning tool employing case studies.
Before embarking on the WisdomTools venture, Dr. Kirkley was Assistant Director of Research and Development at the Center for Excellence in Education at Indiana University. There, he managed various teams of staff and consultants in the development of Web sites and computer-based tools for educators. These included online tools for electronic field trips, developed in collaboration with Turner Educational Services—the educational arm of CNN. Other tools delivered training to hundreds of educators, corporate trainers, and university faculty about methodologies for integrating information technologies into their organizations.
