Murdoch, Donna (dm2760)

Donna Murdoch

Adjunct Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Digital Learning and Emerging Technologies
212-678-3946

Office Location:

201 Zankel

Office Hours:

By Vitual Scheduled Appointment 

Educational Background

B.S.  in Media and Technology, Villanova University

M.A. in Learning Technologies Design, Columbia University Teachers College

M.A. in Organizational Change:  Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurship, Fielding Graduate University

M.S. in Gerontology - University of Southern California

Ed.D. in Adult Learning and Organizational Leadership, Columbia University Teachers College

Scholarly Interests

Adult Learning; Adoption of New and Emerging Technologies for Adult Learning; Digital, Blended, and Online Learning in Corporate and Academic Settings; Technology Integration to Practice using Adult Learning Theory; Global Learning Innovation; Workplace Learning; Education Entrepreneurship; Digital Transformation; Talent Development;  Organizational Change; Medical Education


Selected Publications

Creating a Powerful Employee Experience: Lessons from Product Management.  Springer Nature.  June 2022.  Murdoch, D. and Pearson, J.

Fear of failure as a barrier to change.  Stanford University. MedicineX Annual Meeting, "Everyone Included".  September 2019.

Fear - the big inhibitor of innovation and transformation.  Darden Ideas to Action.  November 2018.  Murdoch, D. and Hess, E.

From doing digital to being digital: exploring workplace adoption of techology in the age of digital disruption.  International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, December 2017. Murdoch, D. and Fichter, R.

American Academy of Adult and Continuing Education: "Starting Online Learning Programs for Adults".  Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2017

Dissertation:  Faculty and the Adoption of Online Instruction

We Can Be Educators Outside of Academia
Stanford University DLRN2015 November 2015

Connectivism.  The (in)formal cohort and its implications in knowledge construction.  World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (E-LEARN)  2013

Paying it Forward: Networked learning as a segue to new pedagogies and paradigms.   World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (E-LEARN)  2013

We are New York - Social Media for Adult Education.  Report on a project done with the NYC Mayor's Office of Adult Education.  World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (E-LEARN)  2012

Carts Before Horses: Growth in Online Learning, But Who Will Teach Their Instructors? Forbes:  July 20, 2015

Shifting the Professional Development Paradigm for K-12 Online Learning. Forbes. July 29, 2015
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