Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 13th Oct 2026, 11:59:38pm IST

 
Thu29May
Reception Area
Atrium
Auditorium
Room F01 'Tramore'
Room F02 'Dunmore'
Room F03 'Ardmore'
Room F04 'Lismore'
The Gallery Restaurant
The Tower Hotel (off campus)
8:00am
9:00am
10:00am
11:00am
12:00pm
1:00pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
4:00pm
5:00pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
8:00pm
9:00pm
10:00pm
11:00pm
12:00am
Registration and Tea/Coffee
8:45am - 9:30am
Reception Area
Location: Reception Area
Morning Coffee Break
11:00am - 11:15am
Atrium
Location: Atrium
Afternoon Coffee Break
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Atrium
Location: Atrium
SETU Presidential Welcome - David Denieffe, Vice-President for Student Experience
9:30am - 9:45am
Auditorium
Peter Windle
Location: Auditorium
Session Chair: Peter Windle, SETU
Keynote Day 1 - Professor Jen Ross
9:45am - 10:45am
Auditorium
Dr Eamon Costello
Location: Auditorium
Session Chair: Dr Eamon Costello, Dublin City University

Professor Jen Ross

Professor of Digital Culture and Education Futures

Jen Ross is a Professor in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. Her work focuses on understanding how digital technologies shape learning, teaching, and research practices in higher education and beyond. She is particularly interested in the social, cultural, and ethical dimensions of digital education, exploring...

Professor Jen Ross\nProfessor of Digital Culture and Education Futures\nJen Ross is a Professor in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. Her work focuses on understanding how digital technologies shape learning, teaching, and research practices in higher education and beyond. She is particularly interested in the social, cultural, and ethical dimensions of digital education, exploring...
Elevator Pitch
10:45am - 11:00am
Auditorium
Dr Eamon Costello
Location: Auditorium
Session Chair: Dr Eamon Costello, Dublin City University
Research Papers, I
11:15am - 12:30pm
Auditorium
Dr Fiona Concannon
Location: Auditorium
Session Chair: Dr Fiona Concannon, University of Galway
11:15am - 11:35am

The emotional arc of AI integration: a heuristic approach to understanding academic responses

Moya Cronin, Dr Tom Farrelly, Dr Louise Nagle, Dr Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin



11:35am - 11:55am

AI and EdTech as Climate Criminals

Colm O'Neill



11:55am - 12:15pm

Levelling up: the evolution of digital learning in Irish higher education: a comparative study with a focus on generative AI

Fiona Concannon, Grainne McGrath, Blaneth McSharry

Practitioner Papers, 1
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Auditorium
Peter Windle
Location: Auditorium
Session Chair: Peter Windle, SETU
1:30pm - 1:45pm

TOPIC - A referencing model for GenAI usage by students

Dónal Mulligan



1:45pm - 2:00pm

'Yeah Bot, No Bot': Divergent Perspectives of Electrical Apprentices on the role and impact of a Custom GPT in Learning.

Brendan Ryan



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Your LMS may be around a long time but is it mature?

Mark Anthony Glynn



2:15pm - 2:25pm

3 become oneVLE

Eamonn O'Brien

Practitioner Papers, 6
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium
Dr Alison Egan
Location: Auditorium
Session Chair: Dr Alison Egan, MIE
3:00pm - 3:15pm

From drop-in to buy-in: How TEL cafés engage busy staff in digital learning.

Caroline Carr, Shirley O'Leary, Liese Gubbins



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Rise and Reach: Scaling Staff Training across Campuses at ATU

Orla Skehill



3:30pm - 3:45pm

AI upskilling at innopharma education

Colm O'Connor, Victoria Buckley, Jennifer Manning



3:45pm - 4:00pm

The Financial Readiness Digital Badge: Co-creating an online course with students

Sean Daffy

Book Launch: GenAI:N3
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Auditorium
Dr Hazel Farrell
Location: Auditorium
Session Chair: Dr Hazel Farrell, South East Technological University

GenAI:N3 (Generative AI: N-TUTORR National Network) is an ambitious project aimed at transforming higher education by leveraging the power of Generative AI.

This project brings together educators, students, and technologists across seven partner institutions to explore innovative ways Gen AI can enhance learning and teaching. By developing tools and resources, the project empowers educators with...

GenAI:N3 (Generative AI: N-TUTORR National Network) is an ambitious project aimed at transforming higher education by leveraging the power of Generative AI.\nThis project brings together educators, students, and technologists across seven partner institutions to explore innovative ways Gen AI can enhance learning and teaching. By developing tools and resources, the project empowers educators with...
Dr Tom Farrelly, The Gasta Master
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Auditorium
Dr Tom Farrelly
Location: Auditorium
Session Chair: Dr Tom Farrelly, Munster Technological University
4:30pm - 4:35pm

Visualising engagement: micro-learning tools to enhance Moodle course design

Kathleen Levacher



4:35pm - 4:40pm

A Technique for Producing Ideas (Even in the Age of AI)

Emmett Cullinane



4:40pm - 4:45pm

GRAD - online support for research postgraduates

Sue Meehan



4:45pm - 4:50pm

Enhancing social support and performance with AI-driven anthropomorphic avatars

Rose Baker



4:50pm - 4:55pm

From Tokens to Toxins: Digital Pedagogy at the Edge of Catastrophe

Steve Welsh



4:55pm - 5:00pm

Traffic light Systems for Generative AI usage: Are these a 'Go or No Go'?

Kevin Cunningham



Beyond Metrics: Generative AI and the Crisis of Educational Values

Frances O Donnell



5:00pm - 5:05pm

Unifying minds: Collaborative approaches to AI in higher education

Hazel Farrell, Ken McCarthy

Research Papers, 2
11:15am - 12:30pm
Room F01 'Tramore'
Dr Bonnie Thompson Long
Location: Room F01 'Tramore'
Session Chair: Dr Bonnie Thompson Long, University of Galway
11:15am - 11:35am

How pre-service primary teachers use GenAI across the teacher education journey

Hsiaoping Hsu, Alan Gorman



11:35am - 11:55am

Reframing VET: Co-designing innovation frameworks for authentic learning

Pablo Alvarez Castro, Suzana Sampaio, Kathryn Cormican, Deirdre Green



11:55am - 12:15pm

Planning for a technologically rich language class with the PICRAT model

Paloma Valencia Castro

Practitioner Papers, 2
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Room F01 'Tramore'
Emmett Cullinane
Location: Room F01 'Tramore'
Session Chair: Emmett Cullinane, South East Technological University
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion challenges for lecturers and students in an online environment

Louise Nagle, Petrina Comerford



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Creating Accessible and Pedagogically Grounded Learning Materials and Courses with the Use of eAuthroing Tools

Eva Kilar-Magdziarz



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Maybe just I, REAL intelligent assessment toolkits

Cormac Quigley, Etain Kiely, Otito Mbelu



Rate your accessible practice

Karen Holland

Practitioner Papers, 7
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Room F01 'Tramore'
Steve Welsh
Location: Room F01 'Tramore'
Session Chair: Steve Welsh, Dublin City University
3:00pm - 3:15pm

Tutors AI - Generative AI augmentation to Tutors

Ruslan Zhabskyi



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Whose job is it anyway?

Cormac Quigley, Etain Kiely, Esteban Moreno



3:30pm - 3:45pm

Bridging the gap: practical considerations for analytical adoption in education

Duncan Wallace



ATU seven steps to programme design with the curriculum framework toolkit

Ellen McCabe, Noreen Henry, Sean Daffy

Research Papers, 3
11:15am - 12:30pm
Room F02 'Dunmore'
Ken McCarthy
Location: Room F02 'Dunmore'
Session Chair: Ken McCarthy, South East Technological University
11:15am - 11:35am

Does Picture-in-Picture give you the PiP? The challenges for lecturers of recording instructional videos with Picture-in-Picture (PiP) video including appropriate eye-gaze direction.

Eamonn Anthony Toland



11:35am - 11:55am

The Digital Panopticon, the Echo Chamber and Exotic Minds in the Machine: Philosophical Musings on AI, Ethics, and the Future of Humanity

John Balfe

Practitioner Papers, 3
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Room F02 'Dunmore'
Ken McCarthy
Location: Room F02 'Dunmore'
Session Chair: Ken McCarthy, South East Technological University
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Are we building or being built? Rethinking AI in higher education through Lego Serious Play

Briony Supple



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Immersive Learning in Construction: Practical insights from DASBEs XR tools.

Stephen Bolger



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Employing immersive technology in online, blended, and distance learning: A case study of the Flexible and Professional Learning Department at TUS

Brendan Dolan



2:15pm - 2:25pm

Using Canvas for Online and CPD Provision at MTU

Gearoid O Suilleabhain

Practitioner Papers, 8
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Room F02 'Dunmore'
Neill Wylie
Location: Room F02 'Dunmore'
Session Chair: Neill Wylie, South East Technological University
3:00pm - 3:15pm

Critical and creative methodologies: learning design practice to research

Kate Molloy, Eamon Costello, James Brunton, Clare Thomson



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Sustainable by Design: transforming teaching and research culture through creative technology integration in higher education

HAIDER Al-Juboori



3:30pm - 3:45pm

Making it real: From statutory guidelines to a tangible tool.

Tony Murphy, Emmett Cullinane

Research Papers, 4
11:15am - 12:30pm
Room F03 'Ardmore'
Cathal O\'Riordan
Location: Room F03 'Ardmore'
Session Chair: Cathal O\'Riordan, South East Technological University
11:15am - 11:35am

Developing a digital tool to support self-regulated learning in academic writing

Niamh McCrea, Daire Ó Broin



11:35am - 11:55am

An analysis of student feedback and usage of StatsSkills, a web app for systematically practising statistics skills.

Denise Earle, Aoife Hennessy, Daire Ó Broin, Damien Raftery, Alison Hearne



11:55am - 12:15pm

Digital equality: what managers think

Susan Flynn

Practitioner Papers, 4
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Room F03 'Ardmore'
Dr Eamon Costello
Location: Room F03 'Ardmore'
Session Chair: Dr Eamon Costello, Dublin City University
1:30pm - 1:45pm

The goldilocks principle of trust: student use of ai chatbots for research”

John Hough



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Perpetual motion meets curricular glue: A dynamic Digital Skills Hub navigating GenAI’s moving target

David Moloney, Yvonne Hynes



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Creating GenAI Literacy Resources: Insights from the University of Limerick's 'Let’s Talk GenAI' workshops

Yvonne Hynes, Margaret Phelan



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Developing ethical and informed AI use in education: Lessons from Ireland’s AI Literacy in the Classroom programme

Laura Grehan, Jelena Radaković, Michał Wieczorek, Eileen Culloty, Eamon Costello

Practitioner Papers, 9
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Room F03 'Ardmore'
Dr Bonnie Thompson Long
Location: Room F03 'Ardmore'
Session Chair: Dr Bonnie Thompson Long, University of Galway
3:00pm - 3:15pm

A Practitioner's Experience of VEVOX in the Teaching & Learning Environment

Bree J. Drea



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Democratic classrooms - exploring a collaboration within irish tertiary education to facilitate the education of adult educators

Clare Power, Catriona Warren, Eleanor Neff, Tracey Anderson, Joan Slevin



3:30pm - 3:45pm

Helping students and researchers to develop Artificial Intelligence literacy: Opportunities for academic libraries

Breda Connell

Research Papers, 5
11:15am - 12:30pm
Room F04 'Lismore'
Dr Alison Egan
Location: Room F04 'Lismore'
Session Chair: Dr Alison Egan, MIE
11:15am - 11:35am

Closing the digital divide: A programme team approach to online module design

Fionnuala Brennan, Laura Doyle, Neill Wylie, Cathal Ryan, Emmett Cullinane



11:35am - 11:55am

Enthusiastically ‘muddling through’: Business School lecturer interpretations of the impact of Generative AI on their pedagogic practices

Arthur Kearney, Emer Emily Neenan

Practitioner Papers, 5
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Room F04 'Lismore'
Dr Alison Egan
Location: Room F04 'Lismore'
Session Chair: Dr Alison Egan, MIE
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Are we digital yet? Using the Jisc digital capabilities framework and tools on the journey to digital fluency

Mike Cameron



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Oh, the places you'll teach! Piloting beyond blended with JISC in academic practice

Fiona Concannon



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Capturing a learning moment:- Reflections on the use of an in-class, online survey tool to gather deeper insights into student non-engagement.

Seamus Ryan

Practitioner Papers, 10
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Room F04 'Lismore'
Laura McGibney
Location: Room F04 'Lismore'
Session Chair: Laura McGibney, South East Technological University
3:00pm - 3:15pm

Access for all: supporting neurodiverse students through inclusive design

Clare Martin, Conor O' Neill



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Heutagogy: Fancy word, practical idea

Susan Horgan, Colin O'Brien



3:30pm - 3:45pm

Heart, mind, and slack: coaching the whole learner with emoji check-ins

Laura McGibney



3:45pm - 4:00pm

Contract Cheating Challenges: A pilot project exploring the problem and solutions.

Conor O'Neill

Lunch Day One
12:30pm - 1:30pm
The Gallery Restaurant
Location: The Gallery Restaurant
Conference Dinner
7:30pm - 11:30pm
The Tower Hotel (off campus)
Location: The Tower Hotel (off campus)