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Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1970
Professional Experience
- Garfield Weston Visiting Professor, University of Ulster at Coleraine, 1990-91
- Professor and Head, Department of Learning, Development and Communication, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, 1992-94
- Founder, Centre for Research into the Educational Application of Multimedia, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, 1992-94
- Founder and Director, Center for Applied Semiotics, Indiana University, 1998-present
- Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology, 2000-present
Research Interests
I pursue an active program of research and development in computer mediated
instruction and am a leading contributor to the development of semiotic/constructivist theories of learning and instruction.
Representative Publications
Bonk, C. & Cunningham, D. J. (1998). Searching for constructivist, learner-centered and sociocultural components for collaborative educational learning tools.
In Bonk, C. & King, K. (Eds.), Electronic Collaborators: Learner-Centered Technologies for Literacy, Apprenticeship, and Discourse. New York: Erlbaum, 25-50.
Cunningham, D. J. (1998). Cognition as semiosis: The role of inference.
Theory and Psychology, 8, 827-840.
Cunningham, D. J. & Lee, K. (2001). Learning with computers.
Mind, Culture and Activity, 8, 115-118.
Cunningham, D. J. (2001). Fear and loathing in the information age.
Cybernetics & Human Knowing, 8, 64-74.
Barab, S., Makinster, J., Moore, J., & Cunningham, D.J. (2001). Designing and building an online community: The struggle to support sociability in the Inquiry Learning Forum.
Educational Technology Research and Development, 49, 71-96.
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