Sophia Stone

Senior consultant and lead on a range of initiatives to advance teaching innovation at Duke University, consulting with faculty in the School of Medicine, Law, Global Health, Fuqua, and the School of Nursing. A strong advocate for graduate education, leading the Bass Digital Education Fellowship program (in partnership with the Duke Graduate School) to prepare the next generation of academic innovators.

Ed.D., North Carolina State University
M.Ed., North Carolina State University
M.S.L.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A., McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

Managed the development of the first global online course for Duke with a partner medical school in Moshi, Tanzania to build capacity in global health education. Expertise in faculty development, teaching effectiveness, program leadership, digital education (K-12 and higher education), and digital transformation. Duke Presidential Award (2022), with the Learning Innovation team, and Online Learning Consortium Best-in-Strand Award in the category: Institutional Strategies and Innovations (2016).

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Analyst, IT, Sr Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units

Analyst, IT, Sr Duke University Libraries, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units

Recent Publications

Measurement of Outcomes in Virtual Environments

Journal Article Advances in Developing Human Resources · December 2010 Virtual human resource development (VHRD) creates a virtual environment (Bennett, 2009). As virtual environments become pervasive as instructional and learning spaces, evidence of their effectiveness is still in the early stages of development. As ... Full text Cite

Practitioner Perspectives on the Gap Between Research and Practice: What Gap?

Journal Article Advances in Developing Human Resources · August 2009 The problem and the solution. The research-to-practice gap within HRD is an increasingly important focus of research.This study empirically investigates this issue from the perspective of practitioners, who are directly asked about their use of re ... Full text Cite

Hitting Reply: A Qualitative Study to Understand Student Decisions to Respond to Online Discussion Postings

Journal Article E-Learning and Digital Media · March 2008 Providing tools for dialogue exchange does not ensure that students will respond to team mate postings or that online groups will grow in cohesiveness. Students decide whether or not to reply, and it is increasingly important to understand how stu ... Full text Cite

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