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Sophia Stone

Sophia Stone

Analyst, IT, Sr
Duke University Libraries
Box 90198, Durham, NC 27708
Duke University Libraries, Box 90198, Durham, NC 27708

Overview

Senior consultant and lead on a range of initiatives to advance teaching innovation at Duke University, and program manager for the Duke Summer Graduate Academy. In partnership with the Graduate School, I lead the Bass Digital Education Fellowship Program to prepare the next generation of academic innovators. Recipient of the Duke Presidential Award (2022), with the Learning Innovation team, and the Online Learning Consortium Best-in-Strand Award in the category: Institutional Strategies and Innovations (2016). 

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 learning, and innovative pedagogy. While I consult with faculty and academic staff across Duke, I am the assigned liaison to the Graduate School, Global Health, Fuqua (Innovation and Entrepreneurship), School of Nursing, Watts College of Nursing, School of Medicine, the Sanford School of Public Policy and Duke Law.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

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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