Donald P. Buckley, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Director of Learning Technology, School of Health Sciences

Department of Biological Sciences
School of Health Sciences
Quinnipiac University
275 Mount Carmel Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518


voice: (203) 582-3467 (office)
voice: (203) 699-9920 (home)
email: don.buckley@quinnipiac.edu





Computerworld Smithsonian Laureate
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History


Apple Distinguished Educator



Harry Jack Gray Outstanding Teacher of the Year
University of Hartford - 1997


Faculty Profile, Chronicle of Higher Education
21 June 1996: 5A





Interests
:

  • How People Learn and transition to the Learning Paradigm

In Pursuit of the Learning Paradigm:
Coupling Faculty Transformation and Insitutional Change


  • Instructional Technology

  • Evolutionary Biology, Genetics

  • Genetic implications of life cycle structure, especially the balance between genetic recombination and developmental selection in plants

  • Botany, especially (thank you to the artist in AFS who made this beautiful banner)...





  • Onoclea sensibilis L.: Life history and genetic system evolution and the genetic population dynamics of extreme colonizing episodes



    Onoclea sensibilis L., the Sensitive Fern
    Sporophytes
    Gametophytes




Recent Work...


Publications



In Pursuit of the Learning Paradigm:
Coupling Faculty Transformation and Insitutional Change

in Educause Review 37(1): 28-38. January/February 2002.



Book Chapter:

Ross, C., and D. Buckley. 2001.
Teaching Lawrence Hypertextually.
In Approaches To Teaching D.H. Lawrence. Sargent, M, and G. Watson (eds.).
New York: Modern Language Association, pp 70-78.



Buckley, D. 2001. Emulating the Experience of
Professional Inquiry: The Integration of Assessment
Tools into Technology Learning Environments to
Promote Learning Centered Student Experiences
.

Computerworld Smithsonian Program:
In Search of New Heroes.
Computerworld Smithsonian Program's Archives
On-Line, the Permanent Research Collections of the
Smithsonian Institution. http://www.cwsmithsonian.org.



Buckley, D., and M. Cohen.
Developmental Selection.
BioQUEST Library VI Collection. 2001.
Academic Press.



Buckley, D., and D. Clark, K. Barrett, L. Gugliotti, and J. Morrical.
Cell Differentials.
BioQUEST Library VI Collection. 2001.
Academic Press.



Buckley, D., and W. Coleman.
Avery Transforms the Search
BioQUEST Library VI Collection. 2001.
Academic Press.



Buckley, D., and C. Ross. 1999.
Hypertext Editing in the Classroom.
Proceedings of WebNet ’99 –
World Conference on the WWW and the Internet: 1205-1207.



Buckley, D., M. Cohen, W. Coleman, and R. Stewart. 1999.
Interactive Multimedia Learning Environments:
Tools to Foster Transition to the Learning Paradigm.

Proceedings of WebNet ’99 –
World Conference on the WWW and the Internet: 155-159.



Symposia Orgarnized



Symposia Organized:

Science Education in a Twenty-first Century University.
with J. Woods and Edward O'Connor.
A symposium sponsored by
the School of Health Sciences,
Quinnipiac University.
Hamden, CT. 20 April 2001



Using Educational Technology to Foster Learning Centered Pedagogies.

with D. Kramer. Teaching Section Symposium,
Botanical Society of America Annual Conference.
Portland, OR. 8 August 2000.



Presentations


Buckley, D. 2002. How People Learn:
Implications for Teaching and Learning in Science
.
East Haven High School In-Service.
East haven, CT. 29 January 2002.


Buckley, D. 2001. Learning, Technology, and Assessment.
Hamden High School In-Service.
Hamden, CT. 6 November 2001.


Buckley, D. 2001. Driving Institutional Transition
to the Learning Paradigm with Faculty Authoring Experiences:
Coupling Transformation and Scalability
. EDUCAUSE Conference. Indianapolis, IL. 29 October 2001.


Buckley, D. 2001. Using Instructional Technology to Promote
Learning-centered Pedagogies
. keynote address: American Society for Microbiologists Micro by the Sea - Mystic 2001,
College and University Education Workshop.
Mystic, CT. 25 October 2001.


Buckley, D. 2001. Promoting Thinking and Learning With Instructional Technology. Colloquium, Tunxis Community College. Farmington, CT. 23 October 2001.


Buckley, D, W. Coleman, M. Cohen, K. Barrett, D. Clark, and S. Brewer.
2001. Using Investigative Simulations to Promote Transition
to the Learning Paradigm
. International Society for the Exploration of Teaching Alternatives (ISETA) Conference.
Indianapolis, IL. 20 October 2001.


Buckley, D. 2001. Instructional Technology: Transition to the Learning Paradigm. Fall 2001 Girls & Technology Expo - Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT. 13 September 2001.


The Yellow Brick Road for Educators? Assessment-Rich
Instructional Technology to Advance Learning-centered
and Inquiry-oriented Pedagogies in Science Education
.
Invited colloquium: Science Education in a Twenty-first Century
University, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT.
20 April 2001


Institutional Transition to the “Learning Paradigm”:
Coupling Transformation and Scalability Through Instructional Technology
.
Featured Presentation, University of North Carolina TLT Symposium. Chapel Hill, N.C. 16 April 2001.


Emulating the Experience of Professional Inquiry:
The Integration of Assessment Tools into Technology
Learning Environments to Promote Learning Centered
Student Experiences.

Computerworld Smithsonian Program: In Search of New Heroes.
Computerworld Smithsonian Program's Archives On-Line, the Permanent Research Collections of the Smithsonian Institution. http://www.cwsmithsonian.org.
Archived 8 April 2001.


How People Learn.
Invited Presentation, Excellence in Teaching Colloquium Series. Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT.
4 April 2001


Assessment-rich instructional technology to promote
learning-centered and inquiry oriented pedagogies:
Coupling transformation and scalability
. Invited
colloquium: National Science Foundation,
Division of Undergraduate Education,
Washington, D.C. 13 March 2001


The Role of Assessment in Learning-centered Instructional Technology.
Invited colloquium: Michigan State University,
CNS Explorations in Instructional Technology:
A Discussion Series. East Lansing, MI.
2 March 2001


Authoring Assessment-Rich Learning Environments:
A Faculty Development Tool to Drive Transformation
.

Featured Address: EDUCAUSE National Learning Infrastructure
Initiative Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.
29 January 2001.

AEC Faculty Development Model
(preface for Panel Discussion). EDUCAUSE National Learning
Infrastructure Initiative Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.
29 January 2001.


Fostering Learning-centered Experiences
with Web-based Technology.

Invited Presentation:
Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology,
Chicago, IL. 6 January 2001



Education:

Ph.D., Botany

Evolutionary Genetics/Ecology
Ohio University, Athens OH. 1986.

Dissertation

Evolution of Homosporous Genetic Systems



M.S., Botany

University of Massachusetts/Amherst,
Amherst MA. 1981.

Thesis

Microgametophytic Genome Expression in Angiosperms:
In vivo Pollen Tube Population Dynamics in
Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.



B.S., Botany

University of Massachusetts/Amherst,
Amherst, MA. 1977.




Professional Experience
:

1999-present

Professor of Biology (2002)
Associate Professor of Biology (1999-2002)
Department of Biological Sciences
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT 06518

1999-present

Director of Learning Technology
College of Health Sciences
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT 06518


1990-1999

Associate Professor of Biology (1998-1999)
Assistant Professor of Biology (1990-1998)
Department of Biology
University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT 06117

1992-1999

Faculty In Residence
Honors Residential College
University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT 06117

1994-1997

Co-Project Director
Advanced Educational Computing Project
University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT 06117


1987-1990
Research

Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138

1989
Teaching

Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Tufts University
Medford MA 02145

1986-1987
Research

Research Geneticist
Arnold Arboretum
Harvard University
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

1985-1987
Research

Postdoctoral Research Associate and Instructor
Department of Biology
University of Massachusetts/Boston
Boston, MA 02125

1984-1985
Teaching

Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Denison University
Granville, OH 43023

1980-1981, 1983
Teaching

Instructor
Department of Botany
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701










don.buckley@quinnipiac.edu