Faculty Vita

Thomas Duffy, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty load

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Duffy, T. M. & Kirkley, J. (Eds.) (In preparation) Learner centered theory and practice in distance education: Case studies. Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates, Mahwah, NJ.

Simon, Robert Jan, van der Linden, Jos, & Duffy, Thomas M. (2000) New Learning. The Netherlands: Kluwer.

Duffy, Thomas M. and Kirkley, J. R. (in preparation) Learning theory and pedagogy applied to real world distance learning: The case of Cardean University.

Barab, Sasha and Duffy, Thomas (2000) From Practice Fields to Communities of Practice. In D. Jonassen & S. Land (Eds.), Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Barab, Sasha, Hay, Kenneth, & Duffy, Thomas M. (1999) Grounded Constructions and How Technology Can Help, Technology Trends, 43(2), 15-23.

Chaney-Cullen, Tammy and Duffy, Thomas (1998) Strategic Teaching Frameworks: Multimedia to support teacher change. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 8, 1-40.

Duffy, T. M., Dueber, W., and Hawley, C. (1998) Conferencing on the Web: Supporting collaborative problem solving. In C.J. Bonk and K. King (eds.) Electronic collaborators: Researching the discourse of learner-centered technologies. Englewood, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Assoc.

Funded Projects

Symposium on Learner Centered Pedagogy in the Design and Delivery of Distributed Learning. Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education supplemental grant 2001. Symposium to be held in December 2001. ($40,000)

The Learning to Teach with Technology Studio. Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. 1999-2004. http://ltts.org (Principal Investigator.) ($1.6M)

The Internet Learning Forum: Fostering and sustaining knowledge networking To support a community of science and mathematics teachers. National Science Foundation. 1999 – 2002. http://ilf.crlt.indiana.edu (Principal Investigator in initiation of work; S. Barab, D. Cunnningham, and R. Kling Co- Principal Investigators.) ($1.3M)

The pedagogically based design of WWW conferencing tools. Consortium of Big 10 Universities. March 1997 - March 1998. (Co-Principal investigator with D. Jonassen.) ($10,000)

School to work transition: Reasoning in the world of work. Proffitt Foundation (Indiana University.) 1996-1997. (Principal Investigator.) ($12,000)

Assessing learning and supporting the teacher as coach: The Chelsea Bank simulation project. Mellon Foundation, 1996-1998. (Co-Principal with Larry Mikulecky, Roger Farr, and Beth Green). ($350K)

Problem based learning: Instructional strategies and the role of technology. DePaul University (Distance Education Office), July 1996. (Principal investigator). ($10,000)

An analysis of cognitive, social, and literacy competencies: The Chelsea Bank simulation project.. Mellon Foundation, 1995-1996. (Co-Principal with Larry Mikulecky, Roger Farr, and Beth Green). ($70,000)

Analysis of collaborative informal reasoning skills in ill-structured domains. Indiana University Research Development Grant, 1995-1996. (Principal investigator) ($10,000)

Conference Presentations

Duffy, Thomas (October, 2001) Learning Theory and Practice: Design of Online Learning Environments. Keynote presentation. Conference on Assessing the Quality of Online Instruction. Monterey, CA. Naval Postgraduate School.

Duffy, Thomas (October, 2001) Small College and For-Profit University Partnerships: A Synergy for Providing Quality Educational Opportunities. Pew Charitable Trust Symposium: Small Colleges in the Information Age: Challenges and Opportunities. Charleston, VA.

Duffy, Thomas (October, 2001) Technology Support for Learning: The Future of the Campus. Invited Presentation, University Business Conference, The Future of the Campus. New York, NY.

Duffy, Thomas M. (2001, April). Online Learning and Learning Communities: Issues in Language, Culture, and Learning. Invited address. Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Malaysia. Duffy, Thomas M.(2001, February). Life Long Learning: A key to employee productivity and satisfaction. Invited panel. Chicago Chamber of Commerce. Chicago, IL.

Duffy, Thomas M. (2001, January). Partnerships in Education: Achieving a Quality Learning Experience. Featured panel. Association of American Colleges and Universities. New Orleans, LA.

Duffy, Thomas M. (2000, November). Meeting the Needs of Learners: A Problem Centered Approach. Featured Address. The SURF Conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Duffy, Thomas M. (2000, September) The Unext educational model. Council for Higher Education Accreditation. (CHEA) Board Meeting. Washington D. C.

Duffy, Thomas M. Meeting our Educational Needs. (2000, September). Invited Address, International Association of Career Management Professionals (Chicago Chapter), Chicago, IL.

Duffy, Thomas M. (2000, July). Participant in The Pew Symposium on Higher Education, “Preserving Quality in Distributed Learning Environments” Lake George, NY.

Duffy, Thomas M. (2000, June). Meeting our Educational Needs: Distance Learning as a Strategy. Keynote Address. The conference on Educational Innovations in Economics and Business. Newport Beach, CA.

Duffy, Thomas M. (1999, May). Technology from a learner centered perspective. Keynote Address. Conference on Collaboration and Learning in Virtual Environments. Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Duffy, Thomas M. (1997, May). Constructivism and the Technology of Instruction. Invited Presentation. College Board. New York, NY.

Research Areas

My work over the last ten years has focused on the use of technology to support the design of inquiry based learning environments as well as on the implications of constructivism and situated cognition for the design of instruction.

Service/Outreach Projects

President's Advisory Committee on Distributed Education (member) Indiana University. (1997-1998)

Gallery Committee (Member), Future Park. Future Park was a joint venture between the University, the City of Indianapolis, and the private sector to create a "museum" to introduce people to and help them to understand the technology that is and will be impacting their lives. (1996 -1998)

President, Division of Instructional Development of the Association of Educational and Communication Technologies (AECT). 1995-1996.

Secretary-Treasurer, Division of Instructional Development of the Association for Educational Communication and Technology, 1993-1995.

Academic Advisory Board (Member), ActiveInk A company providing and supporting online collaborative group projects and curriculum development for K-12. 2000-2001.

Distance Education Advisory Board (Member) Ohio University, School of Business MBA program. From May 1996.

Honors/Awards

The first Barbara Jacobs Chair of Education and Technology, Indiana University.

Invited faculty at University of Utrecht to co-teach (8 hours a day) a Master Course for top PhD students in the Netherlands working in the area of constructivist theory and instructional design. April 1997.

Kansas Health Foundation Visiting Scholar, Wichita State University, School of Nursing, January 1997.

Co-Recipient of the Diana Award from the Association of Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Documentation (ACM SIGDOC). The award was presented for the excellence in achievement of the Carnegie Mellon University, Communication Design Center for its work from 1980 to 1990 in furthering the state of the art of technical communication. (I was director from 1983-1988).