Published
18 September 2006
Understanding Media Psychology
and Learning to Learn:
An Interview with Bernie Luskin
of Fielding Graduate University
It
is difficult to describe Dr. Bernard Luskin without using the word pioneer. For more
than four decades, Bernie has been at the forefront of developing
technology in the classroom and has been a long-standing contributor to
the research of media psychology-the study of how technology affects
the manner in which we teach and learn. He has been president and CEO
of divisions of innovative Fortune 500 companies, including Philips
Interactive Media, Mind Extension University, and Polygram's American
Interactive Media. He is the recipient of two Emmy awards and serves on
the Education Policy Committee of the Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences. Bernie was founding president of Coastline College, president
of Orange Coast College, and founding chancellor of Jones International
University, the first fully accredited, web-based university. He
currently serves as executive vice president and director of the Media
Psychology, Media Studies program at Fielding Graduate University. He
recently was appointed a member of IMS's Executive Strategic Council
and, earlier this year, spoke at IMS's Summit on Global Learning
Industry Challenges conference in Indianapolis. IMS talked with him
about the study of media psychology and technological advances in the
classroom.
